"The Spix's Macaw, if it survived and recovered, could inspire the
world to see what was possiblethrough cooperation and determined
efforts to save the earth's natural riches...."
On June 3, 1817, Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix set sail for the
New World on an expedition sponsored by the Bavarian Royal Academy
of Sciences. What he found in Brazil's thorny caatinga woodlands
would one day transform our understanding about evolution,
survival, and -- in the case of the long-tailed blue parrot now
known as "Spix's Macaw" -- extinction.
In this fascinating natural history, esteemed environmentalist
Tony Juniper brings the caatinga bird beautifully to life. Not long
after Spix's discovery, his parrot -- whose beauty, dexterity, and
clear-eyed passion made it a favorite among scientists and bounty
hunters alike -- had become more valuable than heroin, and worth
thousands of dollars on the black market. By 1990, only one lone
male was known to be living in the wild.
"Spix's Macaw" tells the tale of Juniper's race to save the
species, from joining an international rescue operation in the
caatinga to calling on private collectors to mate their illegal
birds to waiting in vain for a hybrid nest of eggs to hatch. His
story brings new meaning to Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope Is the
Thing with Feathers."
A heart-stopping homage to the long, lonely flight of the last
Spix's Macaw, this is a compassionate addition to the annals of
nature literature and an environmental parable for our time.
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