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Taking the reader from the mountains of Appalachia to a coffee plantation near Bogota, Colombia, this investigation into the plight of the cerulean warblera tiny migratory songbirddescribes its struggle to survive in ever-shrinking bands of suitable habitat. This elusive creaturea favorite among bird watchers and the fastest-declining warbler species in the United Stateshas lost three percent of its total population each year since 1966. This precipitous decline means that today there are 80 percent fewer ceruleans than 40 years ago, and their numbers continue to drop because of threats including deforestation, global warming, and mountaintop-removal coal mining. With scientific rigor and a sense of wonder, Fallon charts their path across more than 2000 miles and shows how the fate of a creature weighing less than an ounce is vitally linked to that of our own.

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This book is a pleasure to read, and will open the eyes of many to the life of a small creature fighting an enormous fight. --David Gessner, author, Return of the Osprey and Soaring with Fidel

Katie Fallon is a wonderful storyteller, nailing all the details in every memory that add to the flavor but also the relevance of each account. Images are skillfully placed where they make the biggest impact. --The Tusculum Review

Katie Fallon is a wonderful storyteller, nailing all the details in every memory that add to the flavor but also the relevance of each account. Images are skillfully placed where they make the biggest impact. The Tusculum Review

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Katie Fallon has had nonfiction pieces in a variety of magazines and journals, including Appalachian Heritage, Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing, and River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. Her essay Lost, published in The Fourth River, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2008. She teaches creative writing at West Virginia University. She lives in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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