Investigates the lifestyle and breeding behavior of vultures, secretary birds, hawks, buzzards, eagles, kites, harriers, and falcons.
Here, avian ecology and raptor experts C. Craig Farquhar and Clint W. Boal present the first comprehensive volume on these birds of prey in Texas.
In this new guide, brilliant full-color photographs give the reader an "eyewitness" view of the world of eagles, vultures, hawks, kites, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey.
Here, avian ecology and raptor experts C. Craig Farquhar and Clint W. Boal present the first comprehensive volume on these birds of prey in Texas.
They found Laughing Falcons even in open country with only a few widely scattered trees. Presumably their snake-dominated diet may allow these birds to occupy quite open habitat so long as prey are sufficiently numerous and perch and ...
Explores the different classes and orders of birds of prey, describing their features, behavior, and habitats.
What is the world's smallest owl? What bird of prey is one of the rarest birds in the world?Why do vultures have bare heads? "Birds of Prey"zooms in on the amazing world of meat-eating birds.
View the animal kingdom up close as never before in this breathtaking title, which has already sold over 1.5 million copies.
This book will resonate with those who have their own stories of other animals endangered or in need, and humans, from young children to military veterans, in need of prosthetic limbs, who are being given new lives with state-of-the-art ...
Throughout North America, the bald eagle stalks unsuspecting prey.
Keith L. Bildstein has watched and studied raptors on five continents and is well prepared to explain their critical importance, not only as ecological entities but also as inspirational tokens across natural and human-dominated landscapes.