RETURN OF THE OSPREY: A Season of Flight and Wonder
Language: English
Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001
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- Hardcover
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Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.Falls Bookstore
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Blue paper-wrapped binding with light gold color print on spine. Light tan endpapers. Tight, sound and unmarked 286 pages including Bibliography plus 2 of Acknowledgments. Dust jacket in mylar and not price-clipped ($ 25.95).
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- Title
- RETURN OF THE OSPREY: A Season of Flight and Wonder
- Author
- GESSNER, David
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1565122542
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122543
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
In Return of the Osprey, Gessner sets himself on a simple quest: to watch these great birds and learn about their astonishing comeback to the Atlantic coast after a twenty-year absence. In the process, he takes us on a journey into the wild and the tame, the beautiful and the fragile.
Over the course of a full nesting season, Gessner immerses himself in the lives of these majestic birds. He observes their remarkable adaptability, their astonishing fish-catching skills, their housekeeping habits, and, when the chicks are born, both their savage and gentle ways of nurturing. For Gessner, spotting an osprey dive for fish at forty miles an hour becomes a lesson in patience and focus, watching the birds build their nests illustrates the vital task of making a home, and following the chicks' attempts to fly show him the value of letting go. He discovers the rewards of slowing down and the discipline of waiting and watching. And he witnesses an extraordinary event: the survival of ten young ospreys, the most his Cape Cod neighborhood has seen in more than half a century.
Return of the Osprey is a story of a remarkable recovery, a celebration of place, and a thoughtful meditation on finding one's way in the world.
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From the Back Cover
In Return of the Osprey, David Gessner sets himself on a quest: to watch these great birds of prey and learn about their astonishing comeback to the Atlantic coast after a twenty-year absence. Over the course of a full nesting season-from March, when the ospreys return from their wintering grounds, to September, when they migrate back to South America - Gessner immerses himself in the lives of four pairs of hawks.
By bike, by kayak, and on foot, he takes the reader through the beautiful landscape of Cape Cod and details the intricacies of the ospreys' day-to-day living: nest-building, courtship, giving birth, first flights, the murder of one fledgling by another, and, most captivating of all, the ospreys' swift and forceful dive into the sea. In the process, Gessner discovers an intimacy with the land and learns about resiliency and hope. And he witnesses an extra ordinary event: the survival of nine young ospreys, the most his town has seen in more than half a century. Return of the Osprey is the story of a remarkable recovery, a celebration of place, and a journey into the wild and the tame, the beautiful and the fragile.
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Falls Bookstore
Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
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