Hawks in Flight
- ISBN-10
- 0395709598
- ISBN-13
- 9780395709597
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Authors
- David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Clay Sutton
Description
Describes the characteristic flight, behavior, and migration pattern for species of North American raptors, including Swainson's hawks, Merlin falcons, and Golden eagles.
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Other editions
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- 1988
- 254 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin
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