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The Nighthawk's Evening - Notes of a Field Biologist (Paperback)
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The Nighthawk's Evening - Notes of a Field Biologist (Paperback)
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The Nighthawk's Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist is a work of
science writing that will appeal to traditional birders, students,
the new "punk birder" movement, and anyone who is fascinated by
urban wildlife. It is the story of a woman who leaves her office
job in Portland, Oregon, in her late-30s to become a wildlife
biologist studying nighthawks. Birders have long puzzled over this
acrobatic night-flying bird that nests on rooftops and flocks in
the thousands as it treks from Alaska to Argentina and back every
year. But what is like to hold a wild bird that few have seen up
close? Nighthawks are strange animals, reptiles with feathers,
sleepy if you stumble across them during the day, but quick, agile,
and especially adept at survival. They have the ability to
withstand extreme temperatures and adapt to many habitats, but,
nonetheless, they are struggling in the Anthropocene. Gretchen
Newberry investigates the hidden world of wildlife around us
through this mysterious species. Her search for these illusive
birds was an improvised and quixotic adventure. The book takes the
reader along her journey, from beaches to forests, grasslands, and
urban rooftops across North America. Along the way, she explores
what nighthawks have meant to the peoples of North America, their
uncertain future, and how their survival and role as bug eaters
might address ongoing environmental issues at our farms and in our
cities in an age of insect-borne diseases and agricultural pests.
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