Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds Hardcover - 2018

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"Cutting-edge technology has at last enabled scientists to solve the riddle of what seabirds do in winter--far from the eyes of human observers. Michael Brooke writes with passion, humor, and a lifetime's experience, superbly evoking all the mystery and romance of these most alluring of birds."--Katrina van Grouw, author of The Unfeathered Bird

"For centuries, seafarers have marveled at the ability of seabirds to survive in some of the remotest of the world's oceans. How do these birds find their food? How do they migrate thousands of miles each year? What adaptations and strategies allow them to live in challenging marine environments around the world? These are just some of the questions Brooke answers in this insightful and compelling book."--Dr. Eric Woehler, University of Tasmania

"An amazing journey over the horizon with one of our greatest seabird biologists. These new discoveries will be vital for conservation efforts to ensure we continue to share the seas with these magnificent ocean wanderers."--Nick Davies, University of Cambridge

"Michael Brooke's eminently readable book simply and clearly explains how the digital revolution has transformed our knowledge of the once mysterious lives of seabirds at sea. I'm confident that this entertaining and wide-ranging book will appeal to a broad audience, from the lay public to seabird biologists."--Peter Ryan, director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town

"Knowledge about the lives of seabirds has taken a quantum leap in the past two decades, with technological advances providing details of seabird activity when they are far from land. Brooke's book engagingly discusses how these recent findings have transformed our understanding of seabird natural history."--George Divoky, founder and director of Friends of Cooper Island

"Seabirds are foragers who venture to sea in search for food. Increasingly, we are learning about their quests thanks to exciting new methods like microelectronic biologging, which Michael Brooke summarizes beautifully in the context of seabirds' natural-history patterns."--David G. Ainley, coeditor of Seabirds of the Farallon Islands

"This is among the best written popular science books on birds I have come across. Anyone interested in birds will enjoy Far from Land."--Tim Birkhead, coauthor of Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin

"A milestone that fills an important gap in the available literature on this rapidly expanding field."--Christopher Perrins, editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds

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• Foreword, 02/26/2018, Page 0