Chasing Wings, Birding Exploits and Encounters - Softcover

Modlin, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980047307 ISBN 13: 9780980047301

Verlag: Hartside Pub, 2007

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SIXTY YEARS OF BIRD WATCHING AND ADVENTURE AROUND THE GLOBE.His passion has shaped his life and taken him to the far corners of the planet. For sixty years, Richard Modlin has traveled the world in search of birds of all types and now his journeys have been collected into this one extraordinary volume.Travel with the author to view widowbirds, ostriches, sunbirds, parrots, toucans, blue pigeons, paradise flycatchers, hummingbirds and other exotic birds as he describes his visits to places like Kenya, the Seychelle Islands, Grand Cayman Island and the rain forests of Belize, all in search of his favorite animal in the wild.

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Richard Modlin is an Emeritus Professor of Zoology. A Fulbright research award recipient to Sweden and former research fellow with the Smithsonian Institute, Modlin s articles and essays have appeared in Bird Watcher s Digest, Sea Frontiers, Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Birmingham Arts Journal and Muscadine Lines.

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Modlin takes the reader across the world to observe the beauty of nature through birds and their habitats. Young students of science should read this book as an inspiration for the passion that scientists like Dr. Richard Modlin have for the environment and the life that abounds within. Dr. John J. Dindo, ornithologist, senior marine scientist and chairman of the Discovery Hall Programs, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL _____________________________________ Chasing Wings brings to you an entertaining collection of birding accounts that spans both a number of decades and several continents. Before you take your next eco-tour, long or short, read Modlin s entertaining collection of experiences and insights into nature. Dr. Bill McAllister, AICP and life-long birdwatcher _____________________________________ Modlin s non-fiction is superb. Clever, compelling verbs kept my interest in his very nice story. His book works as a guidebook for bird-watchers as well, with good descriptions of the places and directions to the sites. Well done. Rusty Bynum, author and playwright, Legacy of Galileo and Legacy of Michelangelo

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hartside Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0980047307
• ISBN 13: 9780980047301
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 221
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