Silence of the songbirds / Bridget Stutchbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stutchbury, Bridget Joan, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songbirds.

Endangered species.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Walker & Company, [2007]

Summary:

Renowned biologist Stutchbury convincingly argues that songbirds truly are the "canaries in the coal mine"--except the coal mine looks a lot like Earth and we are the hapless excavators. As she shows, saving songbirds means protecting our ecosystem and ultimately ourselves.

Contents:

Paradise not yet lost : the tanagers and warblers of Gamboa, Panama

Canaries in the mine : songbirds and our ecosystem

The breeding bird survey : taking a census of migrating birds

Birds in the rainforest : the effects of deforestation and fragmentation

Coffee with a conscience : preserving bird habitats, one cup of coffee at a time

Falling from the sky : the ongoing scourge of pesticides

Bright lights, big danger : small-town and big-city hazards to migrating songbirds

Stalking the songbirds : cowbirds, cats, and other predators

Living on the edge : birds need not just homes but neighbourhoods

Epilogue : answering the cry of the songbirds.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0802716091

9780802716095

OCLC:

123769909