Owls of the eastern ice a quest to find and save the world's largest owl
When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Soon he was on a five-year journ...
| Main Author: | Slaght, Jonathan C. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A village named Hell
- The first search
- Winter life in Agzu
- The quiet violence of this place
- Down the river
- Chepelev
- Here comes the water
- Riding the last ice to the coast
- Village of Samarga
- The Vladimir Goluzenko
- The sound of something ancient
- A fish owl nest
- Where the mile markers end
- The banality of road travel
- Flood
- Preparing to trap
- A near miss
- The hermit
- Stranded on the Tunsha River
- An owl in hand
- Radio silence
- The owl and the pigeon
- Leap of faith
- The currency of fish
- Enter Katkov
- Capture on the Serebryanka
- Awful devils such as us
- Katkov in exile
- The monotony of failure
- Following the fish
- California of the east
- Terney County without filter
- Blakiston's fish owl conservation.