Description
This is a book for the aspiring field biologist in your life'New Scientist
The story of one woman's remarkable work with a trio of charismatic, endangered bird speciesand her discoveries about the devastating threats that imperil them.
InFeather Trails, wildlife biologist and birder Sophie A. H. Osborn reveals how the harmful environmental choices we've madeincluding pesticide use, the introduction of invasive species, lead poisoning, and habitat destructionhave decimated Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Crows, and California Condors.
In the Rocky Mountains, the cloud forests of Hawai'i, and the Grand Canyon, Sophie and her colleagues work day-to-day to try to reintroduce these birds to the wild, even when it seems that the odds are steeply stacked against their survival.
With humor and suspense,Feather Trailsintroduces us to the fascinating behaviors and unique personalities of Sophie's avian charges an
