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One More Warbler Victor Emanuel

One More Warbler von Victor Emanuel

One More Warbler Victor Emanuel


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Zusammenfassung

With stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America's foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton.

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One More Warbler: A Life with Birds Victor Emanuel

Victor Emanuel is widely considered one of America's leading birders. He has observed more than six thousand species during travels that have taken him to every continent. He founded the largest company in the world specializing in birding tours and one of the most respected ones in ecotourism. Emanuel has received some of birding's highest honors, including the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association and the Arthur A. Allen Award from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He also started the first birding camps for young people, which he considers one of his greatest achievements. In One More Warbler, Emanuel recalls a lifetime of birding adventures-from his childhood sighting of a male Cardinal that ignited his passion for birds to a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Asia to observe all eight species of cranes of that continent. He tells fascinating stories of meeting his mentors who taught him about birds, nature, and conservation, and later, his close circle of friends-Ted Parker, Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton, Roger Tory Peterson, and others-who he frequently birded and traveled with around the world. Emanuel writes about the sighting of an Eskimo Curlew, thought to be extinct, on Galveston Island; setting an all-time national record during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count; attempting to see the Imperial Woodpecker in northwestern Mexico; and birding on the far-flung island of Attu on the Aleutian chain. Over the years, Emanuel became a dedicated mentor himself, teaching hundreds of young people the joys and enrichment of birding. Birds changed my life, says Emanuel, and his stories make clear how a deep connection to the natural world can change everyone's life.

Über Victor Emanuel

VICTOR EMANUELAustin, TexasEmanuel is the founder of Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT). His travels have taken him around the world, particularly the American Southwest, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. In 1957, he founded (and continues to compile) the record-breaking Freeport Christmas Bird Count, and he has also served as president of the Texas Ornithological Society.S. KIRK WALSHAustin, TexasWalsh is a writer, editor, and teacher, whose work has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Boston Globe, among other print and online publications.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue1. Early Days2. The Tropics3. Freeport Christmas Count4. The Bird of My Life5. Beginnings6. Meeting Curlew7. The Triumph8. Search for the Imperial Woodpecker9. My Travels with King Penguin10. The Mozart of Birding11. New Territories12. The Big Day13. The Next Generation of Birders14. End of the Earth15. The Birds Of Heaven: Cranes, Asia, and Peter16. Birding with the Bushes17. Palace on Wheels18. Birding on the Edge19. Voyage on the Sea Cloud20. My True Obsession21. My WorldEpilogueAcknowledgmentsSuggested ReadingsIndex

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GOR013387806
9781477312384
1477312382
One More Warbler: A Life with Birds Victor Emanuel
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Gebundene Ausgabe
University of Texas Press
20170509
304
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