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<p> Everyone's heard the expression canary in a coal mine. As this fine book makes clear, it turns out to be true in a much larger way than you ever imagined. Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist In engaging and forthright prose, Doherty makes it clear that we have to listen to birds now and make serious changes to ensure their survival (and ours). Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of The Spine of the Continent

<p> Everyone's heard the expression canary in a coal mine. As this fine book makes clear, it turns out to be true in a much larger way than you ever imagined. Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist The author, an enthusiastic bird-watcher, combines bird lore and cutting-edge science in an attractive mix that should inspire citizen scientists to pursue their hobby with renewed vigor and convince others to join in. Kirkus Reviews A lucid and absorbing account of the relationships between birds, viruses, and environmental degradation. Frightening, but punctuated by humor and historical asides it will leave you watching and listening to birds with renewed interest. Brian Kimberling, author of Snapper From the Spanish flu to West Nile virus, disease threatens the integrity of our ecological web. Doherty synthesizes with wit and wisdom the science of disease ecology that he helped create, quickly convincing his readers to learn from the birds that share our disease and destiny. John M. Marzluff, Professor of wildlife science, University of Washington and author of Gifts of the Crow If human beings have an intuitive sense to regard birds as sentinel species, Peter Doherty tells us in eloquent and precise terms the history, medicine, and biology of why, exactly, we do this. And more to the point, why it is so vital we should attend to the prophetic capabilities of the avian universe of finches, pelicans, puffins, parrots, turkeys, grouse, eagles, pigeons, and more as they reveal to us the consequences of a warming climate, habitat loss, and environmental toxins. Akiko Busch, author of The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science In engaging and forthright prose, Doherty makes it clear that we have to listen to birds now and make serious changes to ensure their survival (and ours). Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of The Spine of the Continent

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Peter Doherty is Laureate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. His pioneering research into human immune systems earned him the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1996, which he shared with Rolf M. Zinkernagel. The following year he was named Australian of the Year and awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia (AO). He divides his time between Melbourne and Memphis.

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