Bird Migration

One of the most charismatic phenomena of birds is long-distance migration, and John Rappole's latest book on this topic is one of its kind. With his insightful book Rappole, an emeritus researcher at the Smithsonian Institute, turns the centuries-year-long paradigms of bird migration theory upside down, twists them and builds a compelling case to convince the reader that his dispersal theory bears the truth about the origin of bird migration.

John Rappole takes our beliefs about avian migration and flips them upside down, prompting the reader to reassess their own assumptions. Rappole's frank presentation of the process of scientific discovery and controversy is revealing and absorbing.

In engaging language, the reader can expect revelations throughout that will both challenge and greatly inform. For many, their perceptions of the avian world will never be the same.

In his insightful and thought-provoking new book, ecologist John Rappole explains that birds migrate in order to locate seasonally abundant food resources, not, as commonly assumed, because of seasonally unfavorable weather. This theory shows that most familiar migrant species evolved from resident tropical species.

Bird Migration is an excellent scholarly release aimed at a wide readership within the citizen science community and beyond. Rappole creates a skillful presentation of the different facets of bird migration, combining it intelligently with personal annotations of his own research contributions and enriching it with some stunning answers derived from most recent bird behavior studies.