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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the most intense, tragic section.

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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri

10,000 Birds

Just mention the bizarre giant ground cuckoo and you are instantly transported to a land of bare dirt, rocky outcroppings, and giant saguaro cacti with great arms reaching towards the intense and unabating sun. But there are abundant lizards here, along with small rodents and no shortage of bird-feeders to plunder.

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