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Condor Comeback (Paperback)
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Condor Comeback (Paperback)
Series: Scientists in the Field
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Loot Price R231
Discovery Miles 2 310
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Winner of the Green Earth Book Award Sibert Medalist, National Book
Award Honoree, and New York Times bestselling author Sy Montgomery
turns her formidable talents to the story of California condors and
the scientists who have fought against their extinction in this
installment in the award-winning Scientists in the Field series. In
April of 1987 the last wild California condor was captured and
taken to live in captivity like the other twenty-six remaining
birds of its kind. Many thought that the days were over of of this
remarkable, distinguished bird that had roamed the skies of North
and Central American for thousands of years. Sy Montgomery employs
her skill for on-the-ground reporting, shrewd observation, and
stunning narrative prose to detail the efforts of scientists,
volunteers, and everyday citizens to get California condors back in
the wild. In particular, Montgomery profiles employees at the Santa
Barbara Zoo who have worked tirelessly to raise abandoned chicks,
nurse sick birds back to health, and conduct research that can
support legislation to ban what is probably the largest threat to
the existence of the wild condor: lead bullets. In turns
affectionate and frustrated, hopeful and heartbreaking,
Montgomery’s powerful prose does justice to these ancient,
sociable, and elegant creatures. Complete with world-class,
full-color photography and helpful sidebars that provide details
such as the history of the bird’s fight back from extinction, the
dangers of lead poisoning, and the relationship of condors to the
Chumash nation, Condor Comeback is an inspiring story
of groundbreaking science, perseverance, and cooperation.
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