Product Description
A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the fascinating mysteries of bird migration. Every year, billions of birds leave their North American breeding grounds for winter quarters farther south. That so many birds migrate so many miles, through life-threatening conditions, and to the same place each year, is simply stunning. The editor of this important and lavishly illustrated new book has selected a cross-section of both the most typical and the most interesting migrants. Colorful maps, photographs, calendars and fact files, with easy-to-read symbols and abbreviations, present an accurate and up-to-date profile of each species. The introduction provides comprehensive background on migration and its great mystery: how do the birds know where to go? The latest scientific discoveries are explained here. The bulk of the book is the directory, which chronicles the routes of more than 500 species, including: North American birds of prey Hummingbirds, grosbeaks and starlings Eurasian shorebirds, storks and cranes Winter visitors from the Far North, such as swans, geese and finches African, South American and Australasian migrants Migratory sea birds, such as penguins, albatrosses and terns. The results of new satellite tracking methods are covered, as are current environmental threats and conservation initiatives. The book closes with a comprehensive catalog of migrating species from all continents. (20081125)

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)

Impressive.... by Mark Pettey (Naples, FL United States)

5 Stars
January 07, 2008
Got this for my wife for Christmas. She is a serious birder, and requested it. She was real impressed with the overall look and layout of the book. Made a nice gift...

Great Book, very interesting to find out more about birds.... by Dimitri Avaloff (East Palo Alto, CA United States)

5 Stars
May 14, 2007
Very good graphs, illustrations and explanations about bird migration. Worth the money.

How to accept a changing season and move on to warmer places by Srinivas potula (Chicago, IL)

5 Stars
April 28, 2007
Very good book that explains how iceages on earth aids the evolution of birds, how birds follow SUN in daytime, Stars in the night time, if it is cloudy and are flying on Sea how they can use earth magnetic field to find thier way. This book explains where birds breed in the spring-summer times and migrate to warmer places in fall-winter. As the morning SUN warms up the ground, the air heats up. The birds use this rising hot air help them in soaring to new heights. This book engineers bird migration, explains how migration evolved, how birds decide the time of travel, how they use the natural phenomina like thermal soaring, how the wing shape and size are related to its flight - like sea birds have long, thin wings, geese have heavy wings etc. Then this book talks about specifics like how swans migrate, Geese migrate, Albatross migrate and you can find specifics about sea, land, north american, eurasian birds.

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