The Secret Islands: An ExplorationThis is a magically well written ornithological binge in flight from civilization, by the author of Argen, The Gull, and Watchers at the Pond. New Zealand born Russell, too long caged on Manhattan, longs to visit some remote islands. He finds them off the coast of Newfoundland, almost solely inhabited by gulls, petrels and near relatives of the great auk. Although he is physically stimulated by the outdoor life, he is also plunged into exhausting