Life Ascending and less well known ornithologically

and less well known ornithologically

authoritative text with 60 dramatic color photos to examine the myth and reality of this unique creature

and vagrants

Detailed species accounts cover everything from biometrics and habitat to behavior

in homage to the wonderful birds of the world

Life Ascending and less well known ornithologicallyVery good used paperback. Skutch's purpose in Life Ascending is, above all, to increase appreciation of our splendid natural endowments and of the unique planet that supports us. Far from becoming alienated, he argues, we should cultivate loyalty to a cosmos that will not fail to support us if we cooperate intelligently and persistently with its agelong striving to make existence precious. To despair of our future on this bountiful planet reveals a