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Raptors of Eastern North America: The Wheeler Guides
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- ISBN
- 9780691134765
- Book Title
- Raptors of Eastern North America : the Wheeler Guides
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Nature
- Topic
- Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
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Product Information
Raptors of Eastern North America --together with its companion volume, Raptors of Western North America --are the best and most thorough guides to North American hawks, eagles, and other raptors ever published. Abundantly illustrated with hundreds of full-color high-quality photographs, they are essential books for anyone seeking to identify these notoriously tricky-to-identify birds. The Wheeler Guides will help birders and biologists navigate the pitfalls of raptor identification, including raptors' often extreme variation by age and sex as well as the existence of numerous confusion species. The plumage section discusses more plumage variations--and in greater consistency, depth, and clarity--than any previously published guide. The text--informed by years of study and consultation with local, state, provincial, and regional experts--covers all aspects of raptor biology in an easy-to-read and consistent format. It provides the most up-to-date information available on status and distribution, taking into account the recent alteration of some species' ranges due to pesticide bans and introduction programs. The range maps--which include city plotting--are the most accurate and largest ever produced for North American raptors.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691134766
ISBN-13
9780691134765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60190861
Product Key Features
Book Title
Raptors of Eastern North America : the Wheeler Guides
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql677.78
Reviews
"Let me begin by saying this is a wonderful book. . . . This is easily the best photographic-style guide I have seen and is a real testament to the autho''s dedication. Thus it is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase. The full-color, superb photographs alone are worth the price of the book." --Roy John, The Canadian Field Naturalist, "The new Wheeler guides are, by far, the best guides for field identification and general reference for North American raptors that I have seen. The photos are both plentiful and stunning. . . . The new Wheeler guides, like the birds they elucidate and display, are gems for us all. They are well worth having." ---Donald Sweig, Audubon Naturalist News, Let me begin by saying this is a wonderful book. . . . This is easily the best photographic-style guide I have seen and is a real testament to the autho''s dedication. Thus it is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase. The full-color, superb photographs alone are worth the price of the book. ---Roy John, The Canadian Field Naturalist, These two books are major contributions to the literature of North American vultures and Falconiform raptors. . . . [B]oth Wheeler books should be owned by every hawk watcher and raptor biologist. ---Donald S. Heintzelman, International Hawkwatcher, "[These are] publications that go beyond the coverage of other field guides. . . . [A]n important addition to your library." --Deb Dowdell, New Jersey Audubon, "A highly significant contribution to the field. Wheeler has accomplished what no other guide has done for any group of birds. The quality of photography, scope and depth on plumages, races, and variations, are unequaled. The range maps are stellar--the best ever done for any guide. It is the ultimate raptor reference and will be for decades to come." --Clay Sutton, Recognized as one, if not the best, photographic-style bird guides available, the Wheeler guides help birders identify numerous confusing species. Serious hawk watchers should have both of these guides., [T]his a wonderful book. . . . [I]t is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase. ---Roy John, Canadian Field-Naturalist, These two books are major contributions to the literature of North American vultures and Falconiform raptors. . . . [B]oth Wheeler books should be owned by every hawk watcher and raptor biologist., "[T]his a wonderful book. . . . [I]t is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase." ---Roy John, Canadian Field-Naturalist, "[These are] publications that go beyond the coverage of other field guides. . . . [A]n important addition to your library." ---Deb Dowdell, New Jersey Audubon, "Let me begin by saying this is a wonderful book. . . . This is easily the best photographic-style guide I have seen and is a real testament to the autho''s dedication. Thus it is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase. The full-color, superb photographs alone are worth the price of the book." ---Roy John, The Canadian Field Naturalist, "These two books are major contributions to the literature of North American vultures and Falconiform raptors. . . . [B]oth Wheeler books should be owned by every hawk watcher and raptor biologist." ---Donald S. Heintzelman, International Hawkwatcher, "[T]his a wonderful book. . . . [I]t is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase." --Roy John, Canadian Field-Naturalist, I highly recommend these two superb references for the serious hawkwatcher. ---Ron Pittaway, Ontario Birds, The new Wheeler guides are, by far, the best guides for field identification and general reference for North American raptors that I have seen. The photos are both plentiful and stunning. . . . The new Wheeler guides, like the birds they elucidate and display, are gems for us all. They are well worth having. ---Donald Sweig, Audubon Naturalist News, "A highly significant contribution to the field. Wheeler has accomplished what no other guide has done for any group of birds" --Clay Sutton, The new Wheeler guides are, by far, the best guides for field identification and general reference for North American raptors that I have seen. The photos are both plentiful and stunning. . . . The new Wheeler guides, like the birds they elucidate and display, are gems for us all. They are well worth having., "These two books are major contributions to the literature of North American vultures and Falconiform raptors. . . . [B]oth Wheeler books should be owned by every hawk watcher and raptor biologist." --Donald S. Heintzelman, International Hawkwatcher, "The new Wheeler guides are, by far, the best guides for field identification and general reference for North American raptors that I have seen. The photos are both plentiful and stunning. . . . The new Wheeler guides, like the birds they elucidate and display, are gems for us all. They are well worth having." --Donald Sweig, Audubon Naturalist News, [These are] publications that go beyond the coverage of other field guides. . . . [A]n important addition to your library. ---Deb Dowdell, New Jersey Audubon, "Recognized as one, if not the best, photographic-style bird guides available, the Wheeler guides help birders identify numerous confusing species. Serious hawk watchers should have both of these guides." -- Wildlife Activist, "I highly recommend these two superb references for the serious hawkwatcher." --Ron Pittaway, Ontario Birds, A highly significant contribution to the field. Wheeler has accomplished what no other guide has done for any group of birds, [T]his a wonderful book. . . . [I]t is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase., "I highly recommend these two superb references for the serious hawkwatcher." ---Ron Pittaway, Ontario Birds, Let me begin by saying this is a wonderful book. . . . This is easily the best photographic-style guide I have seen and is a real testament to the autho''s dedication. Thus it is the most thorough guide to this group of North American birds you can purchase. The full-color, superb photographs alone are worth the price of the book., [These are] publications that go beyond the coverage of other field guides. . . . [A]n important addition to your library.
Table of Content
Forward by (i>Clayton M. Whiteix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv Chapter IIntroduction 1 Key to Maps9 Chapter IIGenral Glossary 10 Chapter IIIAnatomy and Feather Glossary 15 Chapter IVPlumage, Molt, and Age Glossary 20 Chapter VFlying and Perching Displays Glossary 24 Chapter VIPerching and Flying Attitudes 28 Chapter VIIPhotography 33 "Raptor Music"a poem by Steve Millard35 SPECIES ACCOUNTS Black Vulture 39 Turkey Vulture 47 California Condor 57 Osprey 57 Swallow-tailed Kite 68 White-tailed Kite 78 Snail Kite 85 Mississippi Kite 100 Bald Eagle 118 Northern Harrier 145 Cooper's Hawk 179 Sharp-shinned Hawk 158 Northern Goshawk 193 Red-shouldered Hawk 195 Broad-winged Hawk 208 Short-tailed Hawk 228 Swainson's Hawk 228 Red-tailed Hawk 253 Ferruginous Hawk 296 Rough-legged Hawk 311 Golden Eagle 332 Crested Eagle 345 American Kestrel 350 Merlin 361 Peregrine Falcon 374 Gyrfalcon 403 Prairie Falcon 418 Bibliography 429 Index 439
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
598.90974
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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