Raptors of Eastern North America

Raptors of Eastern North America

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 464 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780691115986
  • DDC分類 598.90974

Full Description


"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.

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 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