In Condor Country: A Portrait of a Landscape, Its Denizens, and Its Defenders
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0395407982 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 242 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Eben and Ian McMillan, octogenarian brothers, have spent their lives in the high, arid, rolling grassland of San Luis Obispo County in Californiacondor country. Ian's environmental activities resulted in his arrest (he was 71) for demonstrating at the San Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. Self-taught naturalists and conservationists, they made a study of condors for the Audubon Society in the '60s. In addition to an engaging portrait of two remarkably independent men, Darlington gives us an authoritative account of the controversy surrounding the artificial breeding program and the final days of the wild California condor. (May Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. This is a gem for those interested in nature. Over a five-year period, journalist Darlington visited the McMillans, absorbing condor lore and learning the ecology of a unique landscape. As
A great read!! If you are interested in endangered species, then this is the book for you. Not only does the book outline the reasons for the decline and near extinction of the California Condor it also talks about other species in the Carrizo Plain that are near extinction. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and
Eastern San Luis Obispo County, an arid region between San Francisco and Los Angeles, has been a favorite foraging ground for the rarest of North American birds--the California condor. This is an exploration of the character and history of the landscape, and of two brothers who are nearly as unique as the bird with which they have come to be associated.