A review by brucefarrar
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose

4.0

“Meet B95, one of the world’s premier athletes. Weighing a mere four ounces, he’s flown more than 325,000 miles in his life—the distance to the moon and nearly halfway back.” The migration of this tiny shorebird and his flock from the tip of South American to the Canadian arctic and back is the subject of this fascinating book. Along the route Hoose describes the stopping places along the way, their ecology, and the immense distances between them. Stunning color photographs illustrate the text, which includes an annotated bibliography and extensive notes.