Description |
ix, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, charts, maps on endpapers ; 22 cm |
Note(S) |
Includes index. |
Contents |
End of the world -- The DSP -- Cerro Negro -- Over the years -- The Harpy -- Gunning it -- An angel of peace -- Flying free -- Home -- Missed connections -- Kalu -- The Karamoja Apalis -- A new world record -- Hit and miss -- Birds in paradise -- From end to end. |
Summary |
The author tells the story of how he traveled across forty-one countries in an attempt to see half of the world's birds in one year, sharing the challenges that he faced, as well as the birds and bird-lovers he found on the way. |
Subject |
Strycker, Noah K. -- Travel.
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Subject(S) |
Bird watching.
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Bird watching -- Anecdotes.
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Bird watchers -- Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Name(S) |
Kaufman, Kenn, author of foreword.
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ISBN |
9780544558144 |
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0544558146 |
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