| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
665 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Flying monkeys. A unanswered question -- Johnny Rooks -- A half-tamed hawk -- The birth of a naturalist -- The most intelligent bird in the world -- The court of the penguin king -- Far away and long ago. In the wake of the dinosaurs -- A family secret -- The curious case of the missing crows -- The island of giants -- Green mansions. Bush auntie-man -- Hymenopteran dreams -- The lost world -- Sweet fishes to eat -- Above the falls -- Between the sky and the sea. Last days of the Guadalupe Caracara -- The mysterious falcon of Manco Cápac -- A new career in a new town -- Land's end -- Epilogue: return of the Mexican eagle. |
| Summary |
"In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost two hundred years later, Jonathan Meiburg reveals the wild, fascinating story of their history, origins, and possible futures."-- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Caracara (Genus)
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Birds.
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Biodiversity.
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Ornithology.
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South America -- Travel.
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Bird watching -- South America.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| Added Title |
Hidden life and epic journey of the world's smartest birds of prey |
| ISBN |
9781432889760 (large print ; hardcover) |
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1432889761 (large print ; hardcover) |
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