Those of the Gray Wind: The Sandhill Cranes, New Edition By Paul A. Johnsgard,
With Paul Johnsgard, we follow the annual migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan mating grounds and then home again It is a flight unaltered in nearly ten million years By presenting various cycles of the migration in four time periods from 1860 to 1980, Johnsgard, a prominent naturalist, is able to show how man s encroachments haveWith Paul Johnsgard, we follow the annual migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan mating grounds and then home again It is a flight unaltered in nearly ten million years By presenting various cycles of the migration in four time periods from 1860 to 1980, Johnsgard, a prominent naturalist, is able to show how man s encroachments have imperiled the flocks In each section there is interaction between a child and an adult brought about by some ritual event in the migration of the cranes The story is enriched by the author s exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Eskimo and Pueblo legends.
Johnsgard is an ornithologist, artist and professor emeritus at University of Nebraska and has written fifty books This is a small but delightful book.