Waiting for a Warbler by Sneed B. Collard III Caribbean Christmas and Eucharist

Christmas and Eucharist

where and when to look for them

"For any child fortunate enough to have this generous book

--FUNGI Magazine

out to destroy the deserter

Waiting for a Warbler by Sneed B. Collard III Caribbean Christmas and EucharistIn early April, as Owen and his sister search the hickories, oaks, and dogwoods for returning birds, a huge group of birds leaves the misty mountain slopes of the Yucatan peninsula for the 600 mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico to their summer nesting grounds. One of them is a Cerulean warbler. He will lose more than half his body weight even if the journey goes well. Aloft over the vast ocean, the birds encourage each other with squeaky chirps