num_pages: 208
description: 2020 Gold Independent Publisher Book Award in Nature2019 Gold Nautilus Award in Animals &amp; Nature2019 Gold Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in NatureThis is a resource to gaze at and consider especially the arresting views of hummingbirds warblers shorebirds and the northern gannet. -Library JournalWith species ranging from tiny iridescent-green hummingbirds to giant gangly flightless rheas the Americas feature an astonishing array of birds that rely upon the regions tremendous diversity of habitats. That reliance may be very localized or it may reach across Swainsons Thrushes travel from South America all the way to Alaska while certain grebes spend their entire lives on a single lake. Treasured songbirds feed at northern backyard feeders yet often arrive from points far to the south.The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) works across the Americas with a goal to have birds routinely prioritized in all land-use and policy decision-making. Bringing Back the Birds showcases these efforts alongside the stunning photography of Owen Deutsch and eloquent essays from renowned experts in the Peter P. Marra Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center; researchers Kimberly and Kenn Kaufman; John W. Fitzpatrick Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Mike Parr EJ Williams and Clare Nielsen of ABC.To learn more about Braided River and its inspiring people to protect wild places through images and stories that change perspectives please visit
language: English
title: Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes throughout the Americas
publisher: Braided River