Birds, Beaches, and Biologists Erwin Michael
Flamingos, snowy egrets, ospreys, terns, black skimmers: These are nature stories.What is it like to follow white-tailed tropicbirds in a small plane, miles from land, over the vast Caribbean Sea? Or…
Specifikacia Birds, Beaches, and Biologists Erwin Michael
Flamingos, snowy egrets, ospreys, terns, black skimmers: These are nature stories.What is it like to follow white-tailed tropicbirds in a small plane, miles from land, over the vast Caribbean Sea? Or capture wintering common terns from a small shark fishing boat in southern Trinidad?Chesapeake Bay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Southern France: This is a travelogue.How does a "flamingo roundup" in France include people from seven countries (and five languages) working in unison? How did a disappearing island (now being restored) in Chesapeake Bay once sheltering Native Americans, British troops, and a fishing village become a wildlife mecca?Searing heat, hungry insects, boat problems, rescuing men at sea. This is a true-life adventure.Learn how fieldwork in Green