The Peregrine Returns: The Art and Architecture of an Urban Raptor Recovery
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071K1XTGG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Lockport, IL. In addition to her regular duties of caring for and assisting with the use of ornithological collections, she directs the Chicago Peregrine Program. She lives in Wilmette, IL.. Mary Hennen is assistant collections manager for the Bird Collection at the Field Museum, Chicago. Peggy Macnamara is
In addition to her regular duties of caring for and assisting with the use of ornithological collections, she directs the Chicago Peregrine Program. She lives in Wilmette, IL.. Peggy Macnamara is adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; artist-in-residence and associate of the zoology program at the Field Museum; instructor at the Field Museum, Chicago Public Libraries Nature Connection, and Art Institute family programs; and the author of several books published by the University
Drawing on the beautiful watercolors of Field Museum artist-in-residence Peggy Macnamara and photos by Field Museum research assistant Stephanie Ware, as well as her own decades of work with peregrines, Hennen uses a program in Chicago as a case study for the peregrines’ journey from their devastating decline to the discovery of its cause (a thinning of eggshells caused by a by-product of DDT), through to recovery, revealing how the urban landscape has played an essential role in enabling falcons to return to the wild—and how people are now learning to live in close proximity to these captivating raptors.B