03154cam a2200349 4500 529326224 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780358330660 0358330661 B07T2GGQ6D Amazon e16b7899-3b8b-4853-8eed-2a6381e9ee14 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4867946 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Montgomery, Sy. Condor Comeback [Libby eBook]. HMH Books, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 64MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>*Winner of the 2021 Green Earth Book Award*<br /> Sibert Medalist, National Book Award Honoree, and <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author Sy Montgomery turns her formidable talents to the story of California condors and the scientists who have fought against their extinction in this installment in the award-winning Scientists in the Field series.</b><br /> <br /> In April of 1987 the last wild California condor was captured and taken to live in captivity like the other twenty-six remaining birds of its kind. Many thought that the days were over of of this remarkable, distinguished bird that had roamed the skies of North and Central American for thousands of years.<br /> <br /> Sy Montgomery employs her skill for on-the-ground reporting, shrewd observation, and stunning narrative prose to detail the efforts of scientists, volunteers, and everyday citizens to get California condors back in the wild. In particular, Montgomery profiles employees at the Santa Barbara Zoo who have worked tirelessly to raise abandoned chicks, nurse sick birds back to health, and conduct research that can support legislation to ban what is probably the largest threat to the existence of the wild condor: lead bullets. In turns affectionate and frustrated, hopeful and heartbreaking, Montgomery's powerful prose does justice to these ancient, sociable, and elegant creatures.<br /> <br /> Complete with world-class, full-color photography and helpful sidebars that provide details such as the history of the bird's fight back from extinction, the dangers of lead poisoning, and the relationship of condors to the Chumash nation, <i>Condor Comeback</i> is an inspiring story of groundbreaking science, perseverance, and cooperation.</p>. Juvenile Nonfiction. Science. Nature. Media Type: eBook. NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Strombeck, Tianne. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e16b7899-3b8b-4853-8eed-2a6381e9ee14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e16b7899-3b8b-4853-8eed-2a6381e9ee14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e16b7899-3b8b-4853-8eed-2a6381e9ee14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)