Description The migratory waterbirds of the Pacific Flyway convert food, air, and water into a mileage plan that has few equals in the animal world.
Geoffrey Hammerson retired after 32 years as research zoologist for The Nature Conservancy and Nature Serve, wh.
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Audrey is the author of several books, including The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest and Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids.
She is the founder and director of Cloud Ridge Naturalists, a forty-year-old nonprofit natural history education and publishing program, and has guided trips from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
About the Author Audrey De Lella Benedict is a biologist and writer, a naturalist in the classic tradition.
Pacific Flyway perfectly blends amazing photography, science writing, and storytelling to illuminate the profound challenges faced by migratory birds and to inspire a longterm commitment to global conservation efforts.
With their ocean- and continent-spanning travels, waterbirds are our sentinels in a changing world--each of their journeys revealing the fraying edges of the web of life that sustains us all.
Hemispheric in scope, this integrated network of ecosystems is linked by its moving parts--the millions of migratory birds whose lives depend on this 10, 000-mile (16, 000-km) corridor as they travel between their breeding and overwintering grounds.
Defined by water, the flyway encompasses a sweeping expanse of coastal and offshore marine ecosystems and an inland archipelago of freshwater wetlands.
Stretching from the Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and western Canada and along the Pacific coastlines of North, Central, and South America, the Pacific Flyway traverses some of our planet\'s greatest climatic and topographic extremes.
Set against a backdrop of stunning images from more than 120 internationally acclaimed photographers, this book shares the amazing stories of these migrants--a cast of characters that includes shorebirds, seabirds, and waterfowl.
Description The migratory waterbirds of the Pacific Flyway convert food, air, and water into a mileage plan that has few equals in the animal world
