The Bird Call of the Rio Bene
Carriker, Melbourne R.
The Bird Call of the Ri Beni is a story that blends scientific exploration, jungle adventure, and a young man's coming of age into a single narrative. In the fall of 1934, the author, an 18-year-old high school graduate from New Jersey, sailed with his ornithologist father to the jungles of western Bolivia on a bird collecting expedition. "We did not arise until 7: 00 a.m., unusual for us! We breakfasted, finished skinning the five birds left ...