Here are tales of adventure-birding in the far corners of the world. When Tim Gallagher was a child, he went to a museum exhibit of early maps. These tattered, ornately drawn charts often had one thing in common-a vast, blank area to the north labeled "Parts Unknown." Tim was fascinated with the idea of places completely unknown to mapmakers, and made it his goal to visit and photograph these "unexplored" regions (and their aviary inhabitants) for himself. Parts Unknown is the result of that quest. Here is a remarkable new collection of essays on Tim"s lifelong fascination with birds, and how it has evolved into a daring brand of "adventure birding." Join Tim as he dangles on ropes at gryfalcon nest cliffs in northern Iceland, traps migrating Arctic peregrine falcons on barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico, journeys with the chief inspector at Britain"s Royal Society to hunt down illegal egg collectors, and fights to save the endangered California condor. With a stunning full-color insert of Tim"s finest photographs, Parts Unknown is an extraordinary look into an unexplored world.