Title:
Condor comeback
Condor come back
Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Title:
Condor comeback
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Publisher Info:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, [2020]
Physical Description:
89 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Series:
Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
General Note:
"Conservation, where science meets adventure"--jacket.
Contents:
At the zoo -- Plan of action -- Condor checkups -- Bitter Creek baby -- The deadly legacy of lead -- Nest watch at Hopper Mountain -- The Chumash and their spirit helper -- Chick flick -- Condor kids -- Timeline.
Abstract:
"Sy Montgomery employs her skill for on-the-ground reporting, shrewd observation, and stunning narrative prose to detail the efforts of scientists, volunteers, and everyday citizens to get California condors back in the wild. In particular, Montgomery profiles employees at the Santa Barbara Zoo who have worked tirelessly to raise abandoned chicks, nurse sick birds back to health, and conduct research that can support legislation to ban what is probably the largest threat to the existence of the wild condor: lead bullets. In turns affectionate and frustrated, hopeful and heartbreaking, Montgomery's powerful prose does justice to these ancient, sociable, and elegant creatures."-- Amazon.
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