![]() ![]() Through his firsthand involvement with projects ranging from banding hummingbirds to geotagging Blackpoll Warblers and tracking Snowy Owls with GPS transmitters, Weidensaul provides readers with an insider’s perspective.Īs his earlier nomination suggests, Weidensaul is an engaging writer. Although he did not pursue biology as a career, he notes that ornithology has traditionally welcomed dedicated amateurs, and this is reflected in the personal experiences that make A World on the Wing a particularly relatable and accessible window into the science of migration. ![]() He fondly recalls the annual thrill of “Big Goose Day” in eastern Pennsylvania, when the year’s first large flocks of northbound Canada Geese passed by overhead. Weidensaul’s fascination with birds and migration extends back to childhood. Two decades later he has revisited the topic from a more global perspective and has integrated a compelling narrative on the urgent need for conservation. In 2000, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his book, Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds. ![]() While A World on the Wing celebrates these spectacles, it also delves deeper into their underlying biology.Īuthor Scott Weidensaul is no stranger to writing about migration. But many may primarily appreciate it for the pulses of birds that pass by each spring and fall. It is difficult to imagine any birder who doesn’t get excited by migration. ![]()
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