Grade ToSixth Grade
Table Of ContentAfrican Harrier Hawk African Wood Owl American Kestrel American Swallow-tailed Kite Andean Condor Bald Eagle Barn-Owl Barred Owl Bateleur Bearded Vulture Black-Hawk Burrowing Owl Caracara Common Barn-Owl Common Black-Hawk Condor Crested Caracara Duck Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl Egyptian Vulture Elf Owl Everglade Kite Ferruginous Hawk Golden Eagle Goshawk Gray Hawk Great Gray owl Great Horned Owl Griffon Vulture Gyrfalcon Harpy Eagle Harrier Hawk Hen Harrier Imperial Eagle Kestrel Lammergeier Long-crested Hawk Eagle Marsh Hawk Merlin Northern Goshawk Northern Harrier Northern Saw-whet Owl Osprey Peregrine Falcon Pigeon Hawk Prairie Falcon Red Kite Red-tailed Hawk Saw-whet Owl Screech-Owl Sharp-shinned Hawk Short-eared Owl Snail Kite Snowy Owl Sparrow Hawk Swainson's Hawk Swallow-tailed Kite Turkey Vulture White-tailed Eagle Wood Owl
SynopsisThey are among the most impressive members of the bird family -- possessed of keen eyesight, powerful beaks, strong, grasping talons, and an appetite for meat. They are the raptors, or birds of prey, among them hawks, eagles, owls, and other species. In this treasury of ready-to-color illustrations, noted wildlife artist John Green has rendered 42 birds of prey from around the world (concentrating on species common in North America) -- both well-known and lesser known. Detailed, accurate illustrations depict the Bald Eagle, Common Black-hawk, Great Horned Owl, Andean Condor, Osprey, Crested Caracara, Turkey Vulture, Peregrine Falcon (on a dramatic double-page spread), and many more. Carefully researched captions provide invaluable information on each bird, and all 42 are pictured in color on the book's covers. Bird and nature lovers of all ages will want this fun-to-color informative guide to birds of prey; artists and designers will find it an inexpensive source of marvelous copyright-free bird illustrations., Detailed accurate renderings of 42 species -- bald eagle, common black hawk, great horned owl, Andean condor, osprey, crested caracara, turkey vulture, peregrine falcon, many more. Informative captions.