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- How Fast Can A Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. This colorful volume is complete with more than fifty-five color and black and white images from photographers and artists around the world. In a reader friendly question and answer format, ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. Butler define and classify raptors, explore the physical attributes of birds of prey, view how their bodies work, and explain the social and physical behaviors of these species-how they communicate, hunt, reproduce, and more. Capainolo, who received one of the first falconry licenses issued in New York state at age eighteen, relates his personal experience in falconry to describe raptor training and husbandry where the human-bird interactions are complex.
From stories of red-tailed hawks making their homes on the ledges of Manhattan skyscrapers to their role in protecting California's vineyards from flocks of grape-loving starlings, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores how these avian predators interact with people and with their environment.
From stories of red-tailed hawks making their homes on the ledges of Manhattan skyscrapers to their role in protecting California's vineyards from flocks of grape-loving starlings, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores how these avian predators interact with people and with their environment.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- One. Raptor Basics
- pp. 1-21
- Two. Raptor Bodies
- pp. 22-45
- Three. Raptor Behavior
- pp. 46-64
- Four. Raptor Reproduction
- pp. 65-88
- Five. Dangers and Defenses
- pp. 89-112
- Six. Raptor Husbandry
- pp. 113-120
- Seven. Taming and Training
- pp. 121-146
- Eight. Raptors and People
- pp. 147-162
- Nine. Research and Conservation
- pp. 163-172
- APPENDIX A
- pp. 173-175
- APPENDIX B
- pp. 177-178
- APPENDIX C
- pp. 179-188
- References
- pp. 189-208
- About the Authors
- p. 219
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813550329
Related ISBN(s)
9780813547909
MARC Record
OCLC
778458723
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No