Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dunning, Joan, PUBLISHER: Boyds Mills Press, A tiny bird. A giant discovery. It's rare to find a modern-day mystery concerning ong>ong>theong>ong> location of a bird's nest, but until ong>ong>theong>ong> s, no one knew where ong>ong>theong>ong> marbled murrelet laid its eggs. ong>ong>Theong>ong> little bird seemed to live entirely at sea. In this exquisitely illustrated book, Joan Dunning presents ong>ong>theong>ong> amazing story of ong>ong>theong>ong> marbled murrelet based on dramatic facts uncovered in ong>ong>theong>ong> last few decades. Focusing on one pair of murrelets and ong>ong>theong>ong>ir newborn chick, ong>ong>theong>ong> author reveals ong>ong>theong>ong> hidden nest in ong>ong>theong>ong> canopy of ong>ong>theong>ong> old-growth forests and ong>ong>theong>ong> secret life of ong>ong>theong>ong>se birds before ong>ong>theong>ong>ir fledgling sets ong>offong> for ong>ong>theong>ong> sea.