Memorial Hall Library

North on the wing, travels with the songbird migration of spring, Bruce M. Beehler ; illustrations by John T. Anderton

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index

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North on the wing

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Bruce M. Beehler ; illustrations by John T. Anderton

travels with the songbird migration of spring

In 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo backroads journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the U.S. heartland and north into Canada. Traveling via car, canoe, bike, and on foot, Beehler followed migrant wood warblers and other songbirds from the Texas coast, up the Mississippi drainage to its headwaters in Minnesota and onward to the birds' nesting grounds in the north woods of Ontario. Engaging readers in the wonders of the spring migration, this book is a call to conserve, restore, and expand bird habitats to preserve them for the well-being of future generations of both birds and humans

Wood warblers of Eastern North America: a life list -- Introduction -- Birds of spring -- The Texas Gulf Coast: first landfall -- The coastal oak woods of Texas and Louisiana: migrant magnets -- The low country of Louisiana and Mississippi -- Piney woods and cypress swamps -- From the confluence to the headwaters -- The mysterious northlands -- Great Lakes country -- Adirondack spring -- Epilogue