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FLIGHT LINES
Across the Globe on a Journey with the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds
As the sun lowered and turned Gulf St Vincent fiery, they each called a high-pitched 'peeooowiii!' as they flashed their black pleats, spread their tail skirts and took flight.
Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two female grey plovers, as they take ultramarathon flights from the southern coast of Australia to previously unknown Arctic breeding grounds. Will they breed in the Arctic summer, and will they return safely to their old southern feeding grounds? Will they survive the super typhoon off Taiwan's coast? Will China's dragon economy have engulfed their traditional landing spots at the mouth of the Yangtze?
He meets the teams of amateurs and professionals who work on these birds, from Russia to Alaska, and the rim of the Arctic Sea to the coasts of the Southern Ocean. He explores the latest tracking technology which reveals more about these intrepid birds that we have ever known before.
Andrew Darby's journey to understand the secrets of these extraordinary birds almost ends when he is suddenly diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Then he finds science coming to his rescue too.
ANDREW DARBY is the former Hobart correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age. His first book Harpoon was published in 2007.
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Published 2020-02-01 by Allen & Unwin |