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100 1  Weidensaul, Scott,|eauthor. 
245 12 A world on the wing :|bthe global odyssey of migratory 
       birds /|cScott Weidensaul. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2021] 
300    385 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-373) and 
       index. 
520    "An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of 
       global bird migration. In the past two decades, our 
       understanding of bird migration-the navigational and 
       physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense 
       oceans or fly above the highest mountains, to go weeks 
       without sleep, or remain in unbroken flight for months at 
       a stretch-has exploded. Scientists have made astounding 
       discoveries: certain species, such as thrushes, can avoid 
       dehydration over long flights by "drinking" from their own
       muscles and organs, extending their flight range by almost
       thirty percent, or more than two thousand miles, and while
       we've known for decades that birds are somehow able to 
       orient themselves using earth's magnetic field, a new 
       leading theory is that they do so through a form of 
       quantum entanglement. In A World on the Wing, author and 
       researcher Scott Weidensaul shares these and other 
       revelations to convey both the wonder of bird migration 
       and its global sweep, taking the reader from the shores 
       and mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China, to the remote 
       mountains of northeastern India, and to the salt lakes in 
       southern Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Weidensaul also 
       introduces those trying to preserve global migratory 
       patterns in the face of climate change and other rising 
       challenges"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Birds|xMigration. 
650  0 Migratory birds. 
650  0 Flyways.