A World on the Wing - Scott Weidensaul

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Résumé :
Scott Weidensaul is one of the most respected natural history writers in the US. His book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non Fiction. He is a contributing editor to Audubon Magazine, and a columnist for Bird Watcher's Digest. Weidensaul is an active field researcher specializing in bird migration...

Biographie:
encounter gunners and trappers in the Mediterranean...

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The New York Times bestseller

'A vaulting triumph of a book' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

'A master storyteller' - The Observer

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.

Bird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to engender wonder and excitement.

The past two decades have seen an explosion in our understanding of the almost unfathomable feats of endurance and complexity involved in bird migration - yet the science that informs these majestic journeys is still in its infancy.

Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted writer-ornithologist Scott Weidensaul is at the forefront of this research, and A World on the Wing sees him track some of the most remarkable flights undertaken by birds. His own voyage of discovery sees him sail through the storm-wracked waters of the Bering Sea...