Silence of the songbirds
By: Bridget Stutchbury
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780802716095
Subjects: Rare birds; Songbirds; Endangered species
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Paradise not yet lost : the tanagers and warblers of Gamboa, Panama -- -- 2.; title: Canaries in the mine : songbirds and our ecosystem -- -- 3. The; title: breeding bird survey : taking a census of migrating birds -- -- 4.; title: Birds in the rainforest : the effects of deforestation and fragmentation -- -- 5.; title: Coffee with a conscience : preserving bird habitats, one cup of coffee at a time -- -- 6.; title: Falling from the sky : the ongoing scourge of pesticides -- -- 7.; title: Bright lights, big danger : small-town and big-city hazards to migrating songbirds -- -- 8.; title: Stalking the songbirds : cowbirds, cats, and other predators -- -- 9.; title: Living on the edge : birds need not just homes but neighbourhoods --; title: Epilogue : answering the cry of the songbirds --; title: Acknowledgements --; title: Sources --; title: Index.