The Kirtland's Warbler: The Story of a Bird's Fight Against Extinction & the People Who Saved It [PB] without dust jacket

without dust jacket

The illustrations in color and monochrome by Donald Watson have all the veracity and atmosphere that one has come to expect of this gifted artist

First several pages ceased on edge

Numbers 3 and 4

all volumes dated 1863

The Kirtland's Warbler: The Story of a Bird's Fight Against Extinction & the People Who Saved It [PB] without dust jacketAt a time when the world is seeing its species rapidly go extinct, the Kirtland's warbler is not just a survivor, it's a rock star. The Kirtland's warbler is the rarest warbler species in North America and will always be rare because of its persnickety nesting preferences. But when the total population fell below 400 birds in the 1970s and 1980sdriven largely by a loss of habitat and the introduction of a parasitea small group of dedicated biologists,