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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

10,000 Birds

6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. For the rest of them, Antarctica clearly is a result of excellent marketing, because it is a destination for listers with already long lists only: stunning vistas but molesting seas, and only a few dozen birds combined with an enormous price tag to get there.