Gatherings of angels : migrating birds and their ecology / edited by Kenneth P. Able ; with contributions by Kenneth P. Able [and others] ; maps drawn by Cindy Lippincott.

Other author Able, Kenneth P.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, NY : Comstock Books, 1999.
Descriptionxi, 193 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Birds--Migration.
Birds--Ecology.

Contents Scope and evolution of bird migration / Kenneth P. Able -- How birds migrate : flight behavior, energetics, and navigation / Kenneth P. Able -- Neotropical migrants and the Gulf of Mexico : the view from aloft / Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr. -- Neotropical migrants and the Gulf of Mexico : the cheniers of Louisiana and stopover ecology / Frank R. Moore -- Returning to the tropics : the epic autumn flight of the blackpoll warbler / James Baird -- Racing with the sun : the forced migration of the broad-winged hawk / Keith Bildstein -- Sandhill cranes and the Platte River / Gary L. Krapu -- Hemispheric globetrotting of the white-rumped sandpiper / Brian A. Harrington -- Converging north : dunlins and western sandpipers on the Copper River Delta / Stanley E. Senner -- Hummingbirds in Rocky Mountain meadows / William A. Calder -- Conservation of birds on migration / Kenneth P. Able.
Local noteLittle-326079--3051310237990
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98047920
ISBN0801433622 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801484014 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL698.9 .G38 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold