A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds Prepared by the Records Committee

Prepared by the Records Committee of the British Ornithologists' Union and edited by D

and David Quammen

Pieter Verstappen

thoughtful tour of nature in the twenty-first century

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds Prepared by the Records CommitteeIn the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrationshow billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basisis nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails