‘There are so many birds on the coast’ | Coastal Life
, 2022-11-23 17:00:00,
Swanson’s book serves as a guide for locals and visitors curious about coastal bird species.
Notably described by 1930s zoologist Konrad Lorenz, the principle of imprinting details the process by which a young bird forms attachments and develops a sense of its own identity. Imprinting allows a mother duck to lead her tiny flock away from danger.
It is also responsible for the famous videos of migrating geese following an ultralight aircraft across the Canadian plains. For author Sarah Swanson, imprinting can also be seen as a driving force that parlayed childhood trips to the Oregon Coast into a career as a conservationist and avian advocate.
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