Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-276) and index
Contents:
Beginnings The "uttermost part of the earth" : Tierra del Fuego When is the beginning of the end? The urban bird and the resort : Río Gallegos and Las Grutas Bay of plenty : Delaware Bay Tenacity Blue bloods Counting Lowcountry : South Carolina and other tidelands Ghost trail : the Laguna Madre and the central flyway Does losing one more bird matter? The longest day : the Arctic Returning south : James Bay, the Mingan Islands, and the Guianas Heading home