The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers

This love letter to seabirds is exemplary of the transforming genre of nature writing during the climate crisis: a narrative that is both beautiful and brutal. Somehow, Nicolson evokes the world of these creatures as an ancient and wild one while also grappling with effects of human contamination, as seabird habitats are destroyed by plastic pollution, overfishing, oil spills, and rising ocean temperatures. Seabird population numbers have plummeted 70% over the last sixty years. Seabird cries that have filled the ocean air for a hundred million years are at risk of extinction. Every sentence is written with awe and reverence for these winged survivors. A plea to readers to find love for these uniquely-adapted creatures of the land, air, and sea, so we might not have to mourn their loss.

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