| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Paradise not yet lost : the tanagers and warblers of Gamboa, Panama -- 2. Canaries in the mine : songbirds and our ecosystem -- 3. The breeding bird survey : taking a census of migrating birds -- 4. Birds in the rainforest : the effects of deforestation and fragmentation -- 5. Coffee with a conscience : preserving bird habitats, one cup of coffee at a time -- 6. Falling from the sky : the ongoing scourge of pesticides -- 7. Bright lights, big danger : small-town and big-city hazards to migrating songbirds -- 8. Stalking the songbirds : cowbirds, cats, and other predators -- 9. Living on the edge : birds need not just homes but neighbourhoods -- Epilogue : answering the cry of the songbirds -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Index. |
| Summary |
Links the disappearance of migratory songbirds to the environmental problems that threaten them and examines the long-term repercussions of the loss of songbird species and what can be done to preserve the birds and the ecosystem. |
| Subject |
Songbirds -- America.
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Rare birds -- America.
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Endangered species -- America.
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| ISBN |
0802716091 |
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9780802716095 |
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