text The narrow edge : a tiny bird, an ancient crab, & an epic journey
- Summary
- Each year, red knots, sandpipers weighing no more than a coffee cup, fly a near-miraculous 19,000 miles from the tip of South America to their nesting grounds in the Arctic and back. Along the way, they double their weight by gorging on millions o... Read more
- Contents
- Beginnings -- The "uttermost part of the earth" : Tierra del Fuego -- When is the beginning of the end? -- The urban bird and the resort : Río Gallegos and Las Grutas -- Bay of plenty : Delaware Bay -- Tenacity -- Blue bloods -- Counting -- Lowcou... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- viii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Yale University Press 2015
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Woodmere (Main Branch) | 598 CRA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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Red knot Migration Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Shore birds Migration Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Migratory birds Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Limulus polyphemus Ecology
Calidris Ecology
Human ecology
Seashore ecology Atlantic Coast (America)
Climatic changes Environmental aspects
Migratory birds
Red knot Migration
Shore birds Migration
Atlantic Ocean Delaware Bay
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