Screen LibraryA season on the wind : inside the world of spring migration /
"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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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 unnoticed, except in a few places where these small travelers concentrate in large numbers. One such place is along Lake Erie in northwestern Ohio. There, the peak of spring migration is so spectacular that it attracts bird watchers from around the globe, culminating in one of the world's biggest birding fes |
| Carrier Form: | 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781328566423 1328566420 |
| Index Number: | QL698 |
| CLC: | Q959.708 |
| Call Number: | Q959.708/K213-1 |