A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors

A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors

ISBN-10:
069111644X
ISBN-13:
9780691116440
Pub. Date:
06/01/2003
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10:
069111644X
ISBN-13:
9780691116440
Pub. Date:
06/01/2003
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors

A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors

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Overview

In this authoritative reference, two of the world's top experts on raptors provide an essential guide to the variations in the species, allowing for easier recognition of key identification points. All the distinguishing marks described have been exhaustively tested in a wide range of field conditions. 365 photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691116440
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 06/01/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Forward by Pete Dunne vii

Acknowledgments ix

Photo Credits xi

Introduction xiii

Glossary and Anatomy xv

Vultures 1

Turkey Vulture 1

Black Vulture 5

California Condor 7

Osprey 9

Kites 12

Hook-billed Kite 12

Swallow-tailed Kite 15

Snail Kite 20

Mississippi Kite 23

Northern Harrier 28

Accipiters 32

Sharp-shinned haek 32

Cooper's hawk 35

Northern Goshawk 38

Buteonines 42

Common Black Hawk 42

Harris' hawk 42

Gray Hawk 45

Red-shouldered Hawk 49

Broad-winged Hawk 56

Short-tailed Hawk 60

Swainsin's Hawk 63

White-tailed Hawk 73

Zoned-tailed hawk 79

Red-tailed Hawk 82

Ferruginous Hawk 100

Rough-legged hawk 108

Eagles 116

Bald Eagle 116

Golden eagle 123

Crested Caracara 127

Falcons 130

American Kestrel 130

Aplomado Falcon 133

Merlin 136

Prairie Falcon 141

Gyrfalcon 145

Peregrine 149

Vagrants 154

Crane Hawk 154

White-tailed Eagle 154

Stellar's Sea Eagle 155

Roadside hawk 159

Red-backed Buzzard 161

Hawiian hawk 162

Collared Forest-Falcon 163

Common Kestrel 164

Northern Hobby 166

Raptor identification problems 168

Index 197

What People are Saying About This

Pete Dunn

As a hawk watcher of long standing, I have eagerly awaited this utilitarian partner to Clark and Wheeler's Hawks. First, because as a reference tool, it will be invaluable to serious hawk watchers. The information it contains is age class and subspecies specific; the format is straight forward; and the material is easily referenced...This new guide, with its employment of photos and integrated concern for the problems presented by lookalike species, will also serve the novice, saving them much time, effort, embarrassment, and...Frustration! On a global scale, there are few living human beings who know more about birds of prey than William S. Clark and none, to my mind, who know more about their identification. On the more focused subject of North America's diurnal raptors, he has few peers--but one of them is Brian K. Wheeler, whose photos dominatethis book...There are many nature photographers who specialize in capturing birds of prey on film. Few are as good as Brian and some say none. (Pete Dunn, Director, Natural History Information, New Jersey Audubon Society)

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