EAGLE'S PLUME: Preserving the Life and Habitat of America's Bald Eagle - Hardcover

Beans, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684806967 ISBN 13: 9780684806969

Publisher: Scribner, 1996

Synopsis

Describes how and where the bald eagle nests, its breeding and feeding habits, migratory journeys, the lore it has inspired, and the continuing threats to its survival

About this title

Review:

Everyone likes a success story, and the bald eagle in recent years certainly qualifies as one. Environmental writer Bruce E. Beans finds enlightening stories of eagles thriving, from dozens of birds in former DDT-laden lands in New Jersey to 1,750 bald eagles counted in an hour in Alaska. But there's more than just counting birds in this work. Beans chronicles the story of some of those who have worked to save this national symbol, such as the retired banker who learned to scale 100-foot trees to band the birds. By the same token, not all the tales are happy. Beans tells of many who still act carelessly with the eagle and its habitat, showing that the story is not over.

About the Author:

An award-winning writer, Bruce E. Beans has covered a variety of environmental topics in the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, and Audubon. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684806967
• ISBN 13: 9780684806969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320