01670cam a2200301 4500 503775446 TxAuBib 20150108120000.0 110831s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780374304683 0374304688 TxAuBib Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 / Phillip Hoose. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012. 148 p. : col. ill., col. maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-135) and index. Super bird (profile: Clive Minton) -- The Flight machine (profile: Patricia Gonzalez) -- Showdown at Delaware Bay (profile: Brian Harrington) -- Twinkling and trapping -- The Arctic breeding grounds (profile: Amanda Dey) -- Mingan: the bellwether site (profile: Guy Morrison and Ken Ross) -- Southbound: closing the circuit -- Extinction is forever (profile: Mike Hudson) -- Appendix : What you can do. Documents the survival tale of an intrepid shorebird who has endured annual migrations between Argentina and the Canadian Arctic throughout the course of a long lifetime while his species continues to decline. 20150108. Robert F. Sibert Informational Award Honor Book (2013); YALSA Award for Excelleing in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist (2013). Rufa red knot. Water birds. Sandpipers. Bird watching. Birds Migration. Birds Juvenile literature.