Far from Land : : The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds / / Michael Brooke.
The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to the development o...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A personal prelude
- Introduction to the World's Seabirds
- Taking the plunge
- The Meandering Years of Immaturity
- Adult migrations
- Tied to home
- Wind and waves
- Stick or twist?
- Where seabirds find food
- How seabirds catch food
- The clash
- Acknowledgements
- List of bird species mentioned and their scientific names
- Notes
- Index