Rethinking the Wild
Gibbs had a favorite bird, which was it?
Whooping Cranes.
Why was the countryside famous?
For the abundance and variety of its birds life.
What was the main purpose of the speech?
Educate people about the threats posed by man-made climate change.
Why did Mrs. Gibbs refuse to remove the feeders from her backyard?
She wanted to see his husband happy, and without them, these feeders gave her husband happiness and brought him into the present.
What was the other thing that the visitors came to do in the countryside apart of watching the birds?
Came to fish te streams.
What was the other main purpose of the speech?
To urge people to act against the effects of climate change.
When the cranes reached Florida, they were put in what?
In a release pen.
The few birds that remain in the countryside, how was their condition?
Were moribund, they trembled violently and couldn't fly.
Why is science warning us if we don't do something quickly?
Because the pollution and climate change is trapping so much of the heat, so we are in danger of creating a permanent carbon summer.
What was the name of Jon Mooallem book?
Wild Ones
The roadsides, once were so attractive, how are they now?
The are lined with browned and withered vegetation.