Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 / Phillip Hoose.

Author: Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012.

ISBN: 9780374304683 (hbk.)
0374304688 (hbk.)

Description: 148 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject: Red knot Migration Juvenile literature.
Red knot Juvenile literature.
Bird watching Juvenile literature.
Red knot Migration.
Red knot.
Bird watching.

Contents: Superbird ; Profile : Clive Minton -- The flight machine ; Profile : Patricia González -- Showdown at Delaware Bay ; Profile : Brian Harrington -- Twinkling and trapping -- The Arctic breeding grounds ; Profile : Amanda Day -- Mingan : the Bellwether Site ; Profile : Guy Morrison and Ken Ross -- Southbound : closing the circuit -- Extinction is forever ; Profile : Mide Hudson -- Appendix : What you can do.

Summary: Phillip Hoose takes us around the hemisphere with the world's most celebrated shorebird, showing the obstacles rufa red knots face, introducing a worldwide team of scientists and conservationists trying to save them, and offering insights about what we can do to help shorebirds before it's too late.