![]() On a fast track toward extinction, the Golden-winged Warbler's population has declined by more than 75 percent over the past 40 years, making it a top priority for conservation.īeehler intersected with Golden-winged Warblesr at High Island, near Galveston, just as they arrived from points south-and tracked with them in both Wisconsin and Minnesota as they flew north to breed. The Golden-winged Warbler features prominently in Beehler's "North with the Spring" journey. On a journey from the Texas coast in early April to the to the wilderness of Ontario in July, Beehler recounts searching for species, exploring habitats, and meeting people who are working to save the birds and the awe-inspiring phenomenon that brings them north each spring. Inspired by Teale, naturalist Bruce Beehler undertook 100-day cross-country road trip to once again celebrate one of the greatest wildlife events on earth: the annual migration of billions of American songbirds. ![]() He ultimately wrote three more books chronicling the seasons the last, Wandering Through Winter, won the Pulitzer Prize. ![]() In 1947, he set out on a 17,000-mile road trip that led to the classic book, North with the Spring. Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer, author, and friend to Rachel Carson and Roger Tory Peterson. ![]()
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