The Eastern Curlew by Harry Saddler - ISBN: 9781925870831
Paperback
Arctic to Australia: a perilous journey of survival and culture.

The Eastern Curlew

The extraordinary life of a migratory bird

  • Paperback

    242 pages

  • Release Date

    9 April 2019

Summary

Every year around August, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000km journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it’s a journey they have taken for tens of thousands of years, tracing invisible flyways in the sky in what is one of the most spectacular mass migrations in the animal kingdom.

Following the Eastern Curlew along its migratory path,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781925870831
ISBN-10:1925870839
Author:Harry Saddler
Publisher:Affirm Press
Imprint:Affirm Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:242
Release Date:9 April 2019
Weight:278g
Dimensions:24mm x 198mm x 128mm
About The Author

Harry Saddler

Harry Saddler is a Melbourne-based writer. His writing about the interactions between people, animals and the environment has been published in The Lifted Brow, Meanjin and The Guardian, among others. His book The Eastern Curlew was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards in 2019.

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