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Quetting Michael - Papa Goose One Year Seven Goslings And The Flight Of My Life - Hardcover
Quetting Michael - Papa Goose One Year Seven Goslings And The Flight Of My Life - Hardcover
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Description: Papa Goose is destined to become a classic. This book has everything in it I love: great animals beautifully portrayed as individuals; cool science; drama discovery and personal transformation. Sy Montgomery author of Birdology and The Soul of An Octopus The charming true story of one man's journey to raise seven goslings in the name of science. In Papa Goose Michael Quetting shares the hilarious and moving true story of how he became a father to seven rambunctious goslings and the surprising things he learned along the way. Starting right at the beginning with the eggs his journey takes him from the incubator all the way to the airstrip where he must attempt to teach the geese to fly as part of an ambitious scientific research initiative for the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology which tracks animal migrations around the world. For the next eleven months we follow the newly minted dad as he takes the goslings on daily swims in the lake tracks them down when they go astray and watches their personalities develop: feisty churlish and lovable. Packed with charm and humor Papa Goose quickly draws us into the adventure as Gloria Nemo and the rest of the crew conquer land water and air.
Title: Papa Goose One Year Seven Goslings And The Flight Of My Life
Author(s): Quetting Michael
Publisher: Greystone Books Canada
Barcode: 9781771643610
Pages: 248 Pages, Color And Black-And-White Photographs; 24 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/18/2018
Category: Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching
Description: Papa Goose is destined to become a classic. This book has everything in it I love: great animals beautifully portrayed as individuals; cool science; drama discovery and personal transformation. Sy Montgomery author of Birdology and The Soul of An Octopus The charming true story of one man's journey to raise seven goslings in the name of science. In Papa Goose Michael Quetting shares the hilarious and moving true story of how he became a father to seven rambunctious goslings and the surprising things he learned along the way. Starting right at the beginning with the eggs his journey takes him from the incubator all the way to the airstrip where he must attempt to teach the geese to fly as part of an ambitious scientific research initiative for the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology which tracks animal migrations around the world. For the next eleven months we follow the newly minted dad as he takes the goslings on daily swims in the lake tracks them down when they go astray and watches their personalities develop: feisty churlish and lovable. Packed with charm and humor Papa Goose quickly draws us into the adventure as Gloria Nemo and the rest of the crew conquer land water and air.
Title: Papa Goose One Year Seven Goslings And The Flight Of My Life
Author(s): Quetting Michael
Publisher: Greystone Books Canada
Barcode: 9781771643610
Pages: 248 Pages, Color And Black-And-White Photographs; 24 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/18/2018
Category: Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching
