[PDF] Raptors Of North America eBook

Author : Noel Snyder
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2006-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0760325820

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From majestic Bald Eagles to tiny Elf Owls, raptors are nature’s most fascinating and powerful birds. As predators with wide ranging habitats and food sources, raptors also serve as a litmus test for the health of their ecosystems. To preserve a species such as the Everglade Kite or Spotted Owl is to ensure the survival of many other creatures. Ornithologists Noel and Helen Snyder have spent nearly fifty years studying and photographing birds of prey in their natural habitat. The result of decades of firsthand field studies combined with key biological and conservation studies by other experts, Raptors of North America presents a comprehensive and captivating account of our continent’s birds of prey. Readers will meet the nocturnal raptors, the owls, and the diurnal raptors: hawks, harriers, kites, falcons, eagles, ospreys, vultures, and condors. This book was an editor's choice of the Scientific American Book Club.

Author : Kate Davis
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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Fierce, bold, and beautiful, falcons hold a special place in the hearts of people. In Falcons of North America, renowned raptor advocate and environmental educator Kate Davis opens a door into the lives of these extra-ordinary, enigmatic birds of prey."--Back cover.

Author : William S. Clark
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780395670675

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The bestselling guide to hawks is now completely revised and in full color, with 40 color plates and 140 color photos. Up-to-date maps show ranges for each season, and the text covers all 39 diurnal raptors seen in North America.

Author : William S. Clark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1400885078

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The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central America Raptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the first illustrated guide to the region's 69 species of raptors, including vagrants. It features 32 stunning color plates and 213 color photos, and a distribution map for each regularly occurring species. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, age-related plumages, status and distribution, subspecies, molt, habitats, behaviors, potential confusion species, and more. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the essential field guide to this difficult bird group and the ideal travel companion for anyone visiting this region of the world. Covers all 69 species of raptors found in Mexico and Central America Features 32 color plates and hundreds of color photos Provides multiple illustrations of each species Depicts and describes variations in plumage by individual, morph, age, and region Describes behavior, food preferences, hunting strategies, vocalizations, and molt Covers rare and extralimital species Includes distribution maps and flight silhouettes

Author : Anne Price
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1461663938

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An expanded and revised version of the best-selling Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Owls: A Coloring Album, Raptors contains stunning color images of North America's most majestic birds surrounded by activities and coloring pages. Ann Price provides a brief description of what separates raptors from other birds, their evolution from prehistoric forebears, and offers a map to illustrate distribution throughout the North American continent today. The centerpiece of the book is a gallery of 50 raptors, one per page, with a brief description of each bird's unique characteristics, lifestyle, and habitat. Keyed to color paintings found elsewhere in the book, these pages provide an opportunity for children to create their own renderings of the plumage of these magnificent birds.

Author : Brian K. Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691116440

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Originally published: Orlando, Fla.: Academic, 1995.

Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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ANIMALS

Author : Richard L. Glinski
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 1998-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816513222

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Thousands of birdwatchers come to Arizona each year seeking rare or intriguing species, and for those watching the skies the additional sighting of a bird of prey is a reward in itself. The Grand Canyon state boasts the most dramatic assortment of raptors in North America: hawks, eagles, falcons, kites, and owls, plus vultures and condors. Here can be found nearly all the raptor species of the continental United States and also established populations of species associated with Mexico, such as the Gray Hawk, Common Black-Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, and Whiskered Screech-Owl. Arizona's raptors are found in an unrivaled diversity of habitats, from saguaro cactus forests where tiny Elf Owls nest to the Vermilion Cliffs, where the gigantic California Condor was introduced in 1996. Yet many species live in habitats that are now jeopardized by degradation or development, making an understanding and appreciation of raptors crucial to their survival. The Raptors of Arizona brings together the knowledge and insights of 29 raptor and wildlife authorities who provide original information and syntheses on Arizona's 42 raptor species, with an emphasis on aspects of their natural history in Arizona. A chapter on each bird includes its description, a range map, and information on its distribution, habitat, life history, and status. Additional chapters cover conservation, habitats, where and when to watch raptors, and the sport of falconry. The book is enhanced by 42 full-color illustrations by Richard Sloan, one of the premier wildlife artists in North America, whose paintings were commissioned by the Arizona Wildlife Foundation specifically for this project. Co-published with the Arizona Game and Fish Department

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780544018440

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A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America's birds of prey Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne's definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action--fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning to his forte and his first love, Pete Dunne has crafted a benchmark book on raptors: the first place to turn for any question about these highly popular birds, whether it's what they eat, where they live, or how they behave.

Author : David Allen Sibley
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,84 MB
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Birds of prey
ISBN : 9781935380177

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* Laminated, indestructible, beach & waterproof * Instant access to just what you need to know * Written and illustrated by local experts * Perfect for backpack, beach bag, boat, or tacklebox