A season on the wind : inside the world of spring migration / Kenn Kaufman.

"A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This vast parade often goes unnoti...

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Main Author: Kaufman, Kenn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
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505 0 |a Prologue : Pilgrims at the gates of sunrise -- The first migration -- Wilderness and waterfowl -- A broken season -- An ill wind -- Turning point -- Wild march -- Creatures of light -- Sifting the mysterious sky -- Threading the needle -- This slice of sky -- Second wind -- Waiting for warblers -- Boardwalk people -- The first big wave -- The biggest week -- The impossible peak -- The parade's gone by -- Pagans of the sky. 
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