The birds of Pandemonium : life among the exotic and the endangered / Michele Raffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raffin, Michele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pandemonium Aviaries.

Rare birds--Conservation--California--Los Altos Hills.

Rare birds.

Birds--Conservation--California--Los Altos Hills.

Birds.

Birds--Conservation.

California--Los Altos Hills.

California.

Physical Description:

218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014.

Summary:

Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world's most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. Raffin discusses her crusade to save precious lives, and offers rare insights into how following a passion can transform not only oneself but also the world.

Contents:

The tao of Oscar, architect finch

Morning at Pandemonium

One dove leads to another, and another-

Bird fever : one more is no big deal

Do you speak bird?

It was raining birds

Amigo : a bird and his boy

Wing and coffee : crowned glories

Let's have babies

Mail-order bride

Tico : the bird lady gets schooled

Hello, pretty mama

The flock in peril : mice, men, and microbes

Let's get serious

Blessed events.

ISBN:

1616201363

9781616201364

OCLC:

890377353

Publisher Number:

99960258864