THE BIRDS OF PANDEMONIUM: LIFE AMONG THE EXOTIC AND THE ENDANGERED
Book ID/图书代码： 00342514B73021
English Summary/英文概要： Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin steps outside into the bewitching bird music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries. A full symphony that swells from the most vocal of more than 350 avian throats representing more than 40 species. “It knocks me out, every day,” she says.
Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world’s most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. In The Birds of Pandemonium, she lets us into her world--and theirs. Birds fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a sense of humor, invent, plot, and cope. They can teach us volumes about the interrelationships of humans and animals.
Their amazing stories make up the heart of this book. There’s Sweetie, a tiny quail with an outsize personality; the inspiring Oscar, a disabled Lady Gouldian finch who can’t fly but finds a brilliant way to climb to the highest perches of his aviary to roost. The ecstatic reunion of a disabled Victoria crowned pigeon, Wing, and her brother, Coffee, is as wondrous as the silent kinship that develops between Amadeus, a one-legged turaco, and an autistic young visitor.
As we come to know the individual birds, we also come to understand how much is at stake for many of these species. One of the aviary’s greatest success stories is breeding the gorgeous green-naped pheasant pigeon, whose home in the New Guinea rainforest is being decimated. Thanks to efforts at Pandemonium, these birds may not share the same fate as the now-extinct dodo.
The Birds of Pandemonium is about one woman’s crusade to save precious lives, and it offers rare insights into how following a passion can transform not only oneself but also the worl
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每当清晨第一缕阳光出现时，米歇尔·拉芬就会走进潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍中，听着鸟儿们悦耳的叫声，开始新的一天。鸟舍中住着40多品种的350余只鸟类，当它们啼叫时，就像是一场声部最全的和声演唱。“这美妙的音乐每天都把我叫醒。”——拉芬说道
潘多蒙尼亚是拉芬的家，也是世界上最美丽鸟儿们的栖身之所，这个保护组织致力于救助和喂养这些处于濒临灭绝境地的鸟儿，并最终将它们放回野外。在《潘多蒙尼亚的鸟儿们》一书中，拉芬带我们进入了她和鸟儿们的世界。恋爱的、伤心的、快乐的、奉献的鸟儿们，有着幽默感、会发明、有智慧、能互相合作的鸟儿们的世界。它们会教会我们很多人和动物的相处之道。
它们之间不可思议的故事组成了这本书的核心。我们将会认识甜心，一只有着张扬个性的小鹌鹑；鼓舞人心的奥斯卡，一只残疾的胡锦鸟，它不能飞却能找到另一个聪明的方法爬到笼舍的最高处休息；残疾的维多利亚冠鸠温和它的兄弟咖啡不可思议的重逢；以及一只一条腿的蕉鹃和一个年轻的自闭症游客之间的友情。
随着我们对这些鸟儿的了解加深，我们也会发现其中很多的品种岌岌可危。潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍最大的成功就是养育了绿颈野雉，它们原来的栖息地位于新几内亚热带雨林，现已遭到破坏。多亏了潘多蒙尼亚组织的努力，这些鸟儿才摆脱了和渡渡鸟一样灭绝的命运。
《潘多蒙尼亚的鸟儿们》讲述了一个女人努力救助珍稀鸟类的故事，这本书也告诉我们对一样事物的热爱不仅能改变一个人，还有整个世界。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：“一本非常杰出的作品。潘多蒙尼亚鸟儿们的故事一会儿让你笑，一会儿让你哭；这本书会让你意识到保护我们美丽星球的重要性；同时它还肯定了一个有极大热情的人能改变很多。”——杰夫·科温，自然保护学家，《动物星球》主持人
“《潘多蒙尼亚的鸟儿们》读来令人心情愉悦，它对读者的吸引是没有年龄限制的，书中的描述非常吸引人，拉芬对鸟类的贡献也令人敬佩。”——乔安娜·博格，《拥有我的鹦鹉》作者
“这本书让读者了解到了动物保护者们的辛勤付出。拉芬从和鸟儿们相处中获得的快乐和她对鸟儿们做出的非凡的贡献都通过这本书传递给了读者。”——多明尼克·多萨，旧金山动物园鸟类馆馆长
“读者会通过这本书了解到鸟类的智慧与美丽。这些鸟儿是米歇尔·拉芬的老师，唤醒了我们为了共同的未来而要保护自然的责任感。”——乔·杨，《罗宾知道些什么》
“拉芬对于鸟类的热爱与贡献让人想起了珍·古德对类人猿的救助。拉芬用行动证明了她对鸟类的喜爱，她就是位知识渊博的，可爱的动物冠军。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 米歇尔·拉芬是潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍，一个鸟类救助组织的主席。拉芬之前是一位高科技执行人员，十五年前开始救助被抛弃的或走丢的鸟类，将他们饲养在离旧金山市中心半小时车程的后院中。现如今，潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍依旧建在米歇尔的后院中，但它已经是最先进的鸟类饲养中心，鸟舍还会收养因原栖息地遭到破坏而濒临灭绝的鸟类。潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍拥有世界上最多的绿颈野雉和第二多的维多利亚冠鸠。拉芬还和蕉鹃、吸蜜鹦鹉、东非鹤、雀、鸽子（还有鹦鹉、驴、山羊、两只狗、一只猫！）住在一起，拉芬是一位鸟类保护倡导者、热情的鸟类生活观察家，她与潘多蒙尼亚鸟舍中的鸟儿们有着相当深厚的感情，她为鸟儿们做出的奉献也是非常伟大的。拉芬还是位有资格认证的鸟类专家，并会定期给动物园和饲养者们做些咨询工作，她曾在TEDx中演讲，还是美国鸟文化专栏的专栏作家，并共同管理着许多大型动物保护组织和鸟类救助组织。令人意想不到的是，拉芬还曾获得泛美奥运举重冠军，她的纪录至今无人能破。
Michele Raffin is president of Pandemonium Aviaries, a conservation organization dedicated to saving birds. A former high-tech executive, Raffin began taking in abandoned and discarded birds fifteen years ago, housing them in her backyard a half hour south of San Francisco. Today Pandemonium is still in Raffin’s backyard, but it is now one of the premier facilities breeding and caring for avian species facing extinction due to the destruction of their natural habitats. The aviary has the largest population of rare green-naped pheasant pigeons under conservation in the world and the second largest population of the endangered Victoria crowned pigeons. Raffin, who also lives with turacos, lorikeets, East African cranes, finches, and doves (as well as parrots, donkeys, goats, two dogs, and one cat!) is a dedicated avian advocate and a passionate observer of birdlife, and in The Birds of Pandemonium her enthusiasm for and special relationship with these winged creatures comes through radiantly. A certified aviculturist and regular consultant to zoos and breeders, Raffin has spoken at the TEDx conference, is the conservation columnist for the Avicultural Society of America’s Avicultural Bulletin, and has served as cochair of a large humane society and on the board of a companion bird rescue organization. And on a completely different note, Raffin won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Olympic Weight Lifting Championship and holds the Pan American Masters record.
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