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loved this book. Even though I have spent a fair bit of time in one of this birds most important feeding areas, I have never seen one.
Ill be looking out for it now that I know more about the amazing journey it undertakes to breed in Siberia,
I found Harrys enthusiasm for nature and thoughtfulness very inspiring, While a book about an endangered bird could be sad and depressing and sure, it is worrying I detected some hope, and learnt a lot.
I also headed off to the library for more books on this subject, If you dont know about this bird, or any of Australias migratory birds, this is a good place to start, I never expected to end this with so many tender feelings towards eastern curlews, but I'm glad that's how it turned out, Timely, necessary a beautiful portrait of a beautiful bird making the precarious journey of a forever summer, I'll be at the Boondall Wetlands waiting to catch a glimpse, Beautiful, timely yet hopeful. Provided deep insight into shorebirds, migration and the Cross over between art and science, A unique and charming tale about climate change, the beauty of nature, birds, travel, humans, chance encounters and the impact of so called “growth”.
A real treasure. I have recommended this gem to anyone who will listen to me, Just such an amazing story, I identified with so many of the places mentioned because of personal experiences in those places, Such a wonderful book, Im very touched by the marvelous journey of the eastern curlew, Its a book more than the story of migratory birds, highly recommended for anyone who is interested in the life of Eastern Curlew.
Undoubtedly this is an amazing bird and has an incredible tangle of stories woven around it, Well done to Harry Saddler for beginning to tell some of them, Migrating from Siberia to Melbourne and back every year is incredible when you think about it, The ongoing destruction of the vital habitat the bird needs is tragic, however, The thought of a flock of birds arriving at their destination, emaciated from flying thousands of kilometres, to find their mudflats "reclaimed" a horrid euphemism and no food to be found.


The book has some more engaging parts than others, Maybe because I'm a botanist and a grumpy one at that, not a birder, and furthermore not that keen on mudflats or even the sea in general.
I do generally like birds of course, when I'm working I often stop to watch their antics and beauty, and I would love to stop and watch a Curlew while working.
But what really engaged me in this was not the stories about congregations of birdwatchers, and rummaging through drawers of bones at the museum.
Actually, the most interesting and engaging was the tales of visiting China and South Korea to view the bird there en route during its long migration.
I've visited east Asia twice, only for holidays, but the account Saddler gives rings true to my impression, A certain amount of despair is generated on seeing these vast and wonderful countries charging down the industrial capitalist road of "development" another terrible euphemism that has done so much damage everywhere else.
But at the same time, the optimism, openness, and welcoming attitude of the people you meet even when they really don't have a clue why you are interested in that patch of grass or mudflat or whatever, even when you can only communicate in smiles and sign language is cause for hope.


I found it funny to stumble on two little insights into life that I encountered in very similar form in the previous book I read sitelinkFrom Snow to Ash by Anthony Sharwood.
One, on the change in how we perceive wonder and excitement in natural things inter alia as we progress from child to adult.
Another, in the value of walking a mode of transport that proceeds at the same pace as our brains process the landscape around us.


The sixth great extinction is on us, and only we can stop it one hopes more people become familiar with what's going on outside the growing, artificial, squareedged concretesteelandglass environments so many of us now live in.
Here's one angle you might not have thought about, Read it.

I wasn't sure what to rate this, The bits that didn't grab me getstars, The bits I liked get, The striking blue cover with a bird in flight made this book hard to miss, By finding a hardcover copy of it for my lunchtime reads not only have I learnt about the Eastern Curlew, I have also learnt about the East AsianAustralasian Flyway.
It has given me an understanding of how humans and the environment are impacting on countless populations of migratory birds, Informative, well written book, shedding light on so many important topics, Including the importance of treasuring shorebirds and saving their habitats, Recommended. Im not a slow reader, Ive just been slow to update my Good Reads reviews, Second time Ive read this amazing book and enjoyed it just as much as the first reading, I was taken off on a tangent with lots of Google searches to find

out more about other bird ways and other migratory birds.
Totally fascinating. A beautiful document of a bird, a wider world, and all the tendrils between them so dangerously close to being severed a gorgeous piece of work.
Beautiful, profund, and sobering. I'm amazed at how Sadler manages to combine the awe and magic of the migratory birds with his documentation of their ongoing destruction.
In hsi visits to sites of their migration, he gives us a deep insight almost like peering through a window into an alien world into their lives, how little we know about them, how little we value their universe.

A wonderful read. I am deeply grateful this book came my way, I absolutely adored this book, Its a striking illustration of how local ecosystems can have global significance, It was also wonderful to discover a whole world just outside Melbourne that I knew nothing about, Next stop, Mud Island! The Eastern Curlew is the best kind of book, which lets its author jump headfirst into an obsession and take the reader along for the ride.
Having never read 'a bird book' before, this was such a good place to start,
Its subject is a species of migratory shorebird whose existence is in danger, Harry Saddler follows them around the world, writing of their incredible lives and the threats to their habitat, The book explores the scientific origins, artistic interpretations and metaphoric possibilities of the bird's incredible annual migration, and touches on themes of resilience, persistence and home.
This is a rallying cry against ecological destruction, and an effective one,
If The Eastern Curlew is indicative of nature writing as a whole, I'd like to be reading a whole lot more of it.
If it's only indicative of Harry's work, then I'd like to be reading a whole lot more of that, too, I have never seen an Eastern curlew, Before this year, I had never seen any curlews at all, Yet, they all come alive in Harry Saddler's book, This is a piece of 'nature writing' that is brimming with both vivid storytelling and thoughtful reflections on the politics of climate change, of habitat loss, of classification, of centers and peripheries.
I will be recommending this one a lot, with many thanks to the lovely Helen B, who sent it my way!,