Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird

Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird by Tony Juniper. Published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Inc, New York, NY, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Gift dedication in ink inside front cover. Name blacked out. 287 Pgs. ISBN 074347550X. This book examines the slow and publicized extinction of the titular bird, which vanished from the planet forever on December 1, 2000, in Brazil. Known as ''the world's loneliest bird,'' the Spix's Macaw serves an example, the author writes, of what gets lost when human obsession and greed for the exotic and rare drives us past reason. Illustrated with color photographs. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11140.