For my grandchildren Sonia Claudia Emily Lilly Madeline and Elise Martin and Leo and to all the children of our wonderous planet Let nature be your mentor and your guidance Claire iii
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Table of Contents Cast of Characters Preface vii ix Part I White Storks 1 Chapter 1 A Bird from a Distant Land 2 Chapter 2 Wounded and Vanished 7 Chapter 3 The First Arrow Stork 11 Part II Chimney Swifts Chapter 4 Uripi's Dream 5 17 Chapter 5 Bird Bands 24 Chapter 6 Humpty and Dumpty 30 Chapter 7 Hickory Hill Wildlife Center 38 Chapter 8 Swirling Swiftnado 47 Chapter 9 Battling City Hall 62 Chapter 10 True Eco Warriors 70 Part III Raptors 81 Chapter 11 Rosalie the Broad winged Hawk 82 Chapter 12 El mal de ojo or the Evil Eye 94 Chapter 13 Bird Blinds 107 Chapter 14 Rosalie Disappears 114 Chapter 15 Museum of Extinct Birds 121 Part IV Red Knots 133 Chapter 16 Moonbird 134 Chapter 17 Master of Long Distance Flight 140 Chapter 18 Breeding Season Chapter 19 Clara's Louisiana Adventure 147 163 V
vi Chapter 20 Nanotagging Red Knots Chapter 21 What Happened to Rosalie 165 170 Chapter 22 Alysie Is Put to the Test 174 Chapter 23 A Furious Arctic Storm 180 Part V The International Bird Festival 191 Chapter 24 The International Bird Festival 192 Chapter 25 Mystery Solved 210 Bird Migration Route Map 216 Acknowledgments 218
