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The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped reestablish the Bald Eagle
Tina Morris
Hardcover
$ 28.00
“ Three cheers for this splendid , surprising , inspiring book!”—Sy Montgomery , writer ofThe Soul of an OctopusAlone in a immense wildlife refuge with lilliputian direction and no experience , a Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology student get herself responsible for a project of historical importance — to bring the Bald Eagle back from near extinction .
InReturn to the Sky , Tina Morris , one of the first women to engage in a raptor reintroduction curriculum , shares her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about bird of prey .
In the spring of 1975 , on the even of the US Bicentennial , Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the promise that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America . Young and female in a male - predominate field , Tina was pass on an appointment to rehabilitate a universe that had been devastated by the result of DDT . The challenge were prodigious — there was no model to emulate for a snort of the bird of Jove ’s size of it , for one — but Tina presently found that her own way to self - discovery and confidence - edifice was deep connect with the endurance of the specie she was choose to protect .
Ultimately , Tina spent two years playing “ female parent ” to seven eaglets at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge , east of Seneca Falls in New York . motor by her heat , she bring out nameless reserve of longanimity , determination , and grit .
At a clock time when the aggregate extinction of dame species is a critical global topic , rejoin to the Skyreminds us how , with a mix of common sense , resilience , and resolve , human beings can be effective flight attendant of the natural world . “Inspiring . . . [ and ] proof that one determined someone can still make a departure . At a time when the aggregated quenching of chick species is a critically important global topic , Dr Morris remind us that man can still be in effect guardians of the natural world . ”—Forbes“Emotional and inspiring proof that one mortal can make a divergence . ”—Kirkus Reviews“Inspiring . . . the written material is clear and eloquent . . . Morris like an expert mix move memoir and scientific research in this noteworthy and affecting write up . ”—Booklist
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