Screen LibraryFlights of passage : an illustrated natural history of bird migration /
"In this luxuriously illustrated volume, celebrated nature writer Mike Unwin and award-winning photographer David Tipling highlight sixty-seven different species of birds from around the world and explore how each has adapted to its migratory cycle. As they bring to life the drama of the Bar-he...
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"In this luxuriously illustrated volume, celebrated nature writer Mike Unwin and award-winning photographer David Tipling highlight sixty-seven different species of birds from around the world and explore how each has adapted to its migratory cycle. As they bring to life the drama of the Bar-headed Goose's journey over the Himalayas and the amazing sixty-thousand-mile annual round trip taken by the Arctic Tern between the United Kingdom and Antarctica, Unwin and Tipling offer deep insights into the science, mysteries, and wonders of migration"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 30 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780300247442 (hardback) : 0300247443 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | QL698 |
| CLC: | Q959.708 |
| Call Number: | Q959.708/U62 |