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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds, by Scott Weidensaul, W.W. Norton, 2021, hardcover, 400 pages, $32.
Scott Weidensaul, one of the masters of modern nature writing, follows up on his 1999 book about bird (which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), with this new instant classic. Drawing on Weidensaul’s extensive fieldwork, brings readers up to date with scientists’ understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a time.
