Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds gilt lines on front cover

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Includes a map of Alaska's six biogeographic regions and a comprehensive checklist

A witty and entertaining collection of essays on the community and subculture of birdwatching

This illustrated guide covers a wide range of species that may be sighted along the coastline or offshore by the whale watcher

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Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds gilt lines on front coverA riveting account of the remarkable phenomenon of bird migration in the New World based on the author's own research, observations, and travels. Bird migration is the world's only true unifying natural phenomenon, stitching the continents together in a way that even the great weather systems fail to do. Scott Weidensaul follows awesome kettles of hawks over the Mexican coastal plains, bar tailed godwits that hitchhike on gale winds 7,000 miles