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Condor : to the brink and back--the life and times of one giant bird

Author: John Nielsen
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Traces the history of the California condor, describing its life in prehistoric times, its dwindling numbers throughout the past ten thousand years, its multiple rescues from the verge of extinction, and its prospects today.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Nielsen
ISBN: 0060088621 9780060088620
OCLC Number: 63526188
Description: x, 257 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., 1 map ; 22 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. The worst of times --
2. Wing in a grave --
3. More like relatives --
4. Sway of kingdoms --
5. Collateral damage --
6. Skin record --
7. Eggmen --
8. Carl Koford --
9. Hands-on --
10. Contingencies --
11. Endgame --
12. Zoo --
13. Grand Canyon --
14. Not the same bird --
15. The real killers --
16. Elvis reenters the building --
Afterword --
Notes.
Responsibility: John Nielsen.

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Traces the history of the California condor, describing its life in prehistoric times, its dwindling numbers throughout the past ten thousand years, its multiple rescues from the verge of extinction, and its prospects today.

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