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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale Of The Bermuda Petrel And The Man Who Brought It Back From Extinction,Used
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The inspiring story of David Wingate, a living legend among birders, who brought the Bermuda petrel back from presumed extinctionRare Birds is a tale of obsession, of hope, of fighting for redemption against incredible odds. It is the story of how Bermudas David Wingate changed the worldor at least a little slice of itdespite the many voices telling him he was crazy to try.This tiny island in the middle of the North Atlantic was once the breeding ground for millions of Bermuda petrels. Also known as cahows, the graceful and acrobatic birds fly almost nonstop most of their lives, drinking seawater and sleeping on the wing. But shortly after humans arrived here, more than three centuries ago, the cahows had vanished, eaten into extinction by the countrys first settlers.Then, in the early 1900s, tantalizing hints of the cahows continued existence began to emerge. In 1951, an American ornithologist and a Bermudian naturalist mounted a lastditch effort to find the birds that had come to seem little more than a legend, bringing a teenage Wingatealready a noted birderalong for the ride. When the stunned scientists pulled a blinking, docile cahow from deep within a rocky cliffside, it made headlines around the worldand told Wingate what he was put on this earth to do.Starting with just seven nesting pairs of the birds, Wingate would devote his life to giving the cahows the chance they needed in their centurieslong struggle for survival battling hurricanes, invasive species, DDT, the American military, and personal tragedy along the way.It took six decades of obsessive dedication, but the cahow, still among the rarest of seabirds, has reached the hundredpair mark and continues its nailbiting climb to repopulation. And Wingate has seen his dream fulfilled as the birds returned to Nonsuch, an island habitat he handrestored for them plantbyplant in anticipation of this day. His passion for resuscitating this Lazarus species has made him an icon among birders, and his story is an inspiring celebration of the resilience of nature, the power of persistence, and the value of going your own way.
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