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73/100Critics
61/100Scholars
Author:
Anders Gyllenhaal, Beverly Gyllenhaal
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
April 18, 2023
Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. For the past year, journalists Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled more than 25,000 miles across the Americas, chronicling experiments, politics, and new technologies to save birds from the brink of extinction. A Wing and a Prayer offers hope and an urgent call to action.
What The Reviewers Say
In this five-star journey into our birding history, present and future, the authors make clear that ultimately, it's up to us — you and me — to care and to act..
No jeremiad. The authors, retirees, tour the country in their refurbished Airstream and calmly and competently report their observations.
Written partially as a travelogue as the authors journeyed thousands of miles by road around the continent, the combination of personal story and scientific reportage is compelling..
The text encompasses studies by biologists, ecologists, wildlife officials, and philanthropists whose combined efforts are focused on halting the decline of bird populations. Most encouraging are modern scientific initiatives to uncover the source of bird decimation.
