Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes throughout the Americas

Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes throughout the AmericasWith species ranging from tiny iridescent green hummingbirds to giant, gangly flightless rheas, the Americas feature an astonishing array of birds that rely upon the region's tremendous diversity of habitats. That reliance may be very localized or it may reach across continents: Swainson's Thrushes travel from South America all the way to Alaska, while certain grebes spend their entire lives on a single lake. Treasured songbirds feed at northern