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Raptors of Western North America: The Wheeler Guides

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Raptors of Western North America--together with its companion volume, Raptors of Eastern 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.



Table of Contents:
Forward by (i>Clayton M. White ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv Chapter I Introduction 1 Key to Maps 9 Chapter II Genral Glossary 10 Chapter III Anatomy and Feather Glossary 15 Chapter IV Plumage, Molt, and Age Glossary 20 Chapter V Flying and Perching Displays Glossary 24 Chapter VI Perching and Flying Attitudes 28 Chapter VII Photography 33 "Raptor Music" a poem by Steve Millard 35 SPECIES ACCOUNTS Black Vulture 39 Turkey Vulture 46 California Condor 57 Osprey 68 Hook-billed Kite 77 Swallow-tailed Kite 86 White-tailed Kite 93 Mississippi Kite 102 Bald Eagle 120 Northern Harrier 147 Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 Cooper's Hawk 179 Northern Goshawk 191 Common Black-Hawk 210 Harris's Hawk 217 Gray Hawk 224 Red-shouldered Hawk 231 Broad-winged Hawk 245 Short-tailed Hawk 259 Swainson's Hawk 268 White-tailed Hawk 295 Zone-tailed Hawk 308 Red-tailed Hawk 318 Ferruginous Hawk 367 Rough-legged Hawk 367 Golden Eagle 408 Crested Eagle 422 American Kestrel 428 Merlin 437 Aplomado Falcon 456 Peregrine Falcon 465 Gyrfalcon 501 Prairie Falcon 516 Bibliography 527 Index 543


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691115993
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 560
  • Sub Title: The Wheeler Guides
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0691115990
  • Publisher Date: 24 Aug 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 1389 gr


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