{"product_id":"9781472911568","title":"The Barnacle Goose","description":"The Barnacle Goose, a distinctive, handsome black-and-white bird, gets  its name from a mediaeval myth that the birds hatched from barnacles –  how else to explain their sudden appearance each autumn in northern  Britain? We now know, of course, that the birds migrate from Arctic  Russia, Norway and Svalbard to winter throughout northern Europe. This  book represents a culmination of more than 25 years of Barnacle Goose  research. It represents the story of one of Europe's most celebrated  long-term behavioral studies, detailing the lives of these social and  sociable birds.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Chapters include sections on pair formation  and bonding, family and population dynamics, brood parasitism, food and  feeding, size and shape in different populations, life cycle,  survivorship, dispersal, migration, and conservation, with particular  regard to climate change. It is a rigorous and thorough examination of  the lives of these birds, in fine Poyser tradition.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129609142512,"sku":"9781472911568","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472911568_p0.jpg?v=1763599312","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472911568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}