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Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other black and white illustrations, maps. An accessible account of the history, ecology, geography, science and conservation aspects surrounding the migration of approximately two hundred species of raptors between their summer breeding sites and their wintering grounds. Summarizes the current knowledge of..... More
New York: Globe Pequot Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. A compulsively readable natural and social history, this book is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia. More
Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This book covers the discovery and history of the northernmost breeding population of peregrine falcons in the world, located near the Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland. Drawing on thirteen years of research, the authors present a comprehensive set of..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white and colour photographs. 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..... More
Houston: Author, 2016. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Bald eagles get a warm salute in this handsome new photography book by John D. Chaney that collects 40 years of his work documenting America's favorite bird. This large-format hardcover features 63 beautiful photographs of eagles in their natural habitat, interspersed..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Large octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Part of the revolutionary Crossley ID guide series covering North American birds, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs--scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts do. Experienced birders use..... More
Honolulu: Author, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Written by biologist John L. Culliney and native Hawaiian historian, Nathan Nopaka, accompanied with stunningly vivid photographs by William S. Chillingworth, this book tells the story of the Hawaiian hawk Buteo solitaries, once the symbol of Hawaiian royalty, now a threatened species, its..... More
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, graphs. This book presents an authoritative account of Common buzzards gained from extensive studies by the author over 60 years and also from enthusiasts in Britain and across northern Europe. The accounts describe the life history and ecology of Buzzards mainly..... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2013. Octavo, paperback, unpaginated, colour photographs. More than 100 beautiful colour photographs of Bald eagles in flight and in the nest. Tells the story of a family of Bald eagles that raised four chicks to adulthood, a rare feat. Photographs illustrate feeding behaviour, hunting, mating flight, behaviour..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Eagles are awe-inspiring birds that have influenced much human endeavour. Australia is home to three eagle species, and in Melanesia there are four additional endemic species. A further three large Australian hawks are eagle-like. Eagles, being at the top of the food..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2019. third edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, line drawings, maps. This fully updated Third Edition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds of Prey of Australia contains two sections: a field guide with distribution maps, detailed illustrations and information on identification; and a handbook..... More
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Ospreys are one of our best known and best loved birds and the name Roy Dennis is not only synonymous with the successful return of the Osprey to Scotland, but is also renowned for his international work with a variety of species..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour and blacka nd white photographs, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. The vulture is commonly thought to dwell outside the community of living beings. These birds are seen to have no real relationship with humans; instead, they are simply waiting..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, (2012. second edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, black and white illustrations. Hawks can be some of the hardest birds to identify, most often seen flying high above and at a distance. In the first edition of this guide, Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton presented..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Raptors are notoriously hard to identify, even if seen well, and represent perhaps the ultimate ID challenge for birders. This book is the ultimate flight-identification guide for the raptors of the Western Palaearctic, covering Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (including..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. A guide to the recognition of the diurnal raptors of Europe and the Middle East that contains over 700 high colour photographs to show the plumages of each age and sex class of every species found in..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. Peregrine falcons have their share of claims to fame. With a diving speed of over two hundred miles per hour, these birds of prey are the fastest animals on earth or in the sky, and they are..... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, (2001. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Describes North American owls and includes for each species a measurement chart and range map. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Focuses on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The field guide's nineteen..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. Focuses on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The..... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. James Macdonald Lockhart explores all fifteen breeding birds of prey on British shores, from the Hen harrier to the ghostly Sparrowhawk. Also available in hardcover [stock id 39129]. More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A stunning debut in the tradition of Robert Macfarlane and Helen Macdonald. Of all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores all..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations and photographs, maps. Anglian Water's project to reintroduce the Osprey to England has been an outstanding success, but is also a very personal project for the volunteers who have been involved in the Ospreys' journey from Scotland to Africa via Rutland. This..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2013. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. The ultimate photographic resource dedicated to the identification of these largely nocturnal birds of prey. This book contains lavish and spectacular photography from dozens of the world's finest natural history photographers, covering all of the world's 268 species..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2006. Large octavo, photographs, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. A complete guide to the raptors of the Indian subcontinent. Lavishly illustrated with 24 new plates and around 600 photographs, each species is shown in all usual plumage forms, in flight and at rest..... More