North on the wing : travels with the songbird migration of spring

Beehler, Bruce McP. (author.). Anderton, John T., (illustrator.).

Summary:

In 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo backroads journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the U.S. heartland and north into Canada. Traveling via car, canoe, bike, and on foot, Beehler followed migrant wood warblers and other songbirds from the Texas coast, up the Mississippi drainage to its headwaters in Minnesota and onward to the birds' nesting grounds in the north woods of Ontario. Engaging readers in the wonders of the spring migration, this book is a call to conserve, restore, and expand bird habitats to preserve them for the well-being of future generations of both birds and humans.

Record details

ISBN: 9781588346131
ISBN: 1588346137
Physical Description: x, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Wood warblers of Eastern North America: a life list -- Introduction -- Birds of spring -- The Texas Gulf Coast: first landfall -- The coastal oak woods of Texas and Louisiana: migrant magnets -- The low country of Louisiana and Mississippi -- Piney woods and cypress swamps -- From the confluence to the headwaters -- The mysterious northlands -- Great Lakes country -- Adirondack spring -- Epilogue.