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Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration / Rebecca Heisman.
"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063161146
- ISBN: 0063161141
- Physical Description: 267 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Where do the birds go? -- A bird in the hand -- Looking and listening -- Chasing angels -- Follow that beep -- Higher, further, faster -- Navigating by the sun -- You are where you eat -- The feather library -- Vox populi -- Conclusion: Sky full of hope. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Birds > Migration > Research. Migratory birds > Research. Flyways > Research. Bird watching. |
Available copies
- 14 of 15 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Altoona Area Public Library | 598.15 HEI (Text) | 33240005157741 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 598.156 H473f (Text) | 85131001875252 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Carroll Valley Library | 598.1568 HEISMAN (Text)
Endowment:
F. William and Helen Darrah Named Endowment, 2023
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35740635932593 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 598.1 HEI Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001436409 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | 598.1568 HEI (Text) | 33249025532122 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 598.156 Heisman Nature (Text) | 39427103729356 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 05/15/2024 |
| Juniata County Library | 598.156 HEI (Text) | 39640100655636 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Kutztown Community Library | 598.1568 HEI (Text) | 33249024888251 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | 598.1568 HEI (Text) | 33400001580631 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | 598.1568 HEI (Text) | 34422007377407 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
