Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration / Rebecca Heisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heisman, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Migration--Research.

Birds.

Migratory birds--Research.

Migratory birds.

Flyways--Research.

Flyways.

Bird watching.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

267 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Where do the birds go?

A bird in the hand

Looking and listening

Chasing angels

Follow that beep

Higher, further, faster

Navigating by the sun

You are where you eat

The feather library

Vox populi

Conclusion: Sky full of hope.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-253) and index.

ISBN:

0063161141

9780063161146

OCLC:

1330406281

Publisher Number:

99993493605