Say goodbye to the cuckoo

This book explains for the first time how Americans and Europeans have only recently come to realize that their summer visitors have a special identity: they are birds of two worlds, the tropics as well as the temperate zone, and thus doubly vulnerable to environmental degradation. Author Michael McCarthy pursues these captivating creatures in their natural habitats, bringing them to life for the reader and showing what would be lost by their disappearance.--[book jacket].

In luminous prose, British writer McCarthy addresses the cultural significance of migratory songbirds, from nightingales to turtle doves to the European Cuckoo, on the heart and soul ... A stunning and profound book that will make readers realize how very much these amazing winged creatures matter. --Colleen Mondor, Booklist.