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The narrow edge : a tiny bird, an ancient crab, & an epic journey

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
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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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