A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds and numerous tables with synopses

and numerous tables with synopses of habitat and bird data from the Susitna study

a greater variety of habitats

thoughtful tour of nature in the twenty-first century

More than 620 full-color range maps for all regularly occurring species

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds and numerous tables with synopsesIn the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrationshow billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basisis nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails