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Description: |
38 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: he Bird Man cometh -- Mr. Schieffelin's birds -- A frenzy of introductions -- The sparrows -- Across the sea in cages -- Lessons from down under -- Occupation -- European origins -- The skies transformed -- Appetites -- Sing a song of starlings -- Under siege -- In defense of starlings -- How to kill a starling -- Blast 'em with starling calls -- Darkness in the Golden State -- Rise of the bird men -- Death from above -- Can't beat 'em? Eat 'em -- Mapping the travelers -- Poison years -- A forever war -- Spellbound -- Built for survival. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: "Starlings is a first-of-its-kind history of starlings in America, an oddball, love-hate story at the intersection of human folly, ornithology, an done bird's tenacious will to endure in hostile territory"-- Provided by publisher. |