Godwits : long-haul champions /
Woodley, Keith, 1953-
Godwits : long-haul champions / Keith Woodley. - 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 26 cm
"New Zealand to the world - One bird's voyage"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index.
On godwits -- On migration -- Intertidal flat: avian oilfields -- Feathers and fat: preparing for migration -- On flight: the journey north -- Ultimate pit stop: the Yellow Sea -- The flyway: trouble along the interstate -- A bird in the hand I: on a plate -- A bird in the hand II: to band and conserve -- Alaska: arrival on the tundra -- Bringing it all back home I: the business of breeding -- Bringing it all back home II: eggs and chickens -- Bridging the ocean: from ptilopaedic to trans-Pacific -- Satellite tracking: migration with an audience -- E7: elusive media star -- Flying forward: what is the future for godwits.
0143011936 9780143011934
Penguin
Bar-tailed godwit
Bar-tailed godwit--Migration
Bar-tailed godwit--New Zealand
598.33
Godwits : long-haul champions / Keith Woodley. - 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 26 cm
"New Zealand to the world - One bird's voyage"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index.
On godwits -- On migration -- Intertidal flat: avian oilfields -- Feathers and fat: preparing for migration -- On flight: the journey north -- Ultimate pit stop: the Yellow Sea -- The flyway: trouble along the interstate -- A bird in the hand I: on a plate -- A bird in the hand II: to band and conserve -- Alaska: arrival on the tundra -- Bringing it all back home I: the business of breeding -- Bringing it all back home II: eggs and chickens -- Bridging the ocean: from ptilopaedic to trans-Pacific -- Satellite tracking: migration with an audience -- E7: elusive media star -- Flying forward: what is the future for godwits.
0143011936 9780143011934
Penguin
Bar-tailed godwit
Bar-tailed godwit--Migration
Bar-tailed godwit--New Zealand
598.33