Mike Stark

Starlings

The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird

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Produktbeschreibung

This first-of-its-kind history of starlings in America reveals an oddball, love-hate story at the intersection of human folly, ornithology, and one bird’s tenacious will to endure in hostile territory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496242020
• ISBN-10: 1496242025
• Artikelnr.: 70733214

Autorenporträt

Mike Stark is a longtime journalist and author. His previous nonfiction books include the award-winning Chasing the Ghost Bear: On the Trail of America’s Lost Super Beast (Bison Books, 2022) and Wrecked in Yellowstone: Greed, Obsession, and the Untold Story of Yellowstone’s Most Infamous Shipwreck. His first novel, The Derelict Light (Bison Books), was published in 2023. He is the creative director for the Center for Biological Diversity and lives in Tucson, Arizona.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
1. The Bird Man Cometh
2. Mr. Schieffelin’s Birds
3. A Frenzy of Introductions
4. The Sparrows
5. Across the Sea in Cages
6. Lessons from Down Under
7. Occupation
8. European Origins
9. The Skies Transformed
10. Appetites
11. Sing a Song of Starlings
12. Under Siege
13. In Defense of Starlings
14. How to Kill a Starling
15. Blast ’Em with Starling Calls
16. Darkness in the Golden State
17. Rise of the Bird Men
18. Death from Above
19. Can’t Beat ’Em? Eat ’Em
20. Mapping the Travelers
21. Poison Years
22. A Forever War
23. Spellbound
24. Built for Survival
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes