Silence of the songbirds

Main Author: Stutchbury, Bridget Joan, 1962-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2007.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Paradise not yet lost : the tanagers and warblers of Gamboa, Panama
  • Canaries in the mine : songbirds and our ecosystem
  • The breeding bird survey : taking a census of migrating birds
  • Birds in the rainforest : the effects of deforestation and fragmentation
  • Coffee with a conscience : preserving bird habitats, one cup of coffee at a time
  • Falling from the sky : the ongoing scourge of pesticides
  • Bright lights, big danger : small-town and big-city hazards to migrating songbirds
  • Stalking the songbirds : cowbirds, cats, and other predators
  • Living on the edge : birds need not just homes but neighbourhoods
  • Epilogue : answering the cry of the songbirds.