{"title":"David Gessner","description":"David Gessner is the Kenan Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. 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The birding world was fractured over the ethics of the online sharing of his location that brought scores of enthusiasts to view him each day. And his end--with a grim necropsy revealing Flaco had suffered a viral infection from eating pigeons and had multiple rodenticides in his system--serves as a Rachel Carson-esque warning about the harm we've done to our urban environments, inspiring the passage of long-sought legislation protecting urban birds and regulations meant to reduce the use of rodenticides in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379459653855,"sku":"9781958888476","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kFvqelGmOZ9781958888476.webp?v=1789272538"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-flaco-the-worlds-most-famous-bird-paperback","title":"The Book of Flaco: The World's Most Famous Bird - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. 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