Flights of Passage

A visually stunning, photographically driven celebration of bird migration—one of the great marvels of the natural world

The vast transcontinental journeys made every year by millions of feathered migrants were not known to naturalists before the late nineteenth century. Even today, while cutting-edge technology such as geolocators and isotope analysis helps us map these journeys in detail, much of the science remains poorly understood.

In this luxuriously illustrated volume, celebrated nature writer Mike Unwin and award-winning photographer David Tipling highlight sixty-seven different species of birds from around the world and explore how each has adapted to its migratory cycle. As they bring to life the drama of the Bar-headed Goose’s journey over the Himalayas and the amazing sixty-thousand-mile annual round trip taken by the Arctic Tern between the United Kingdom and Antarctica, Unwin and Tipling offer deep insights into the science, mysteries, and wonders of migration.

O sarbatoare uimitoare, motivata de fotografie, a migratiei pasarilor - una dintre marile minuni ale lumii naturale Vasta calatorii transcontinentale facute in fiecare an de milioane de migranti cu pene nu erau cunoscute de naturalisti inainte de sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea. Chiar si astazi, in timp ce tehnologia de varf, cum ar fi geolocalizatorii si analiza izotopilor, ne ajuta sa cartografiem aceste calatorii in detaliu, o mare parte a stiintei ramane slab inteleasa.