| Description |
1 online resource |
|
text file |
| Contents |
Cover; HAWKS FROM EVERY ANGLE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; How to Use This Guide ; Glossary ; Anatomy ; Flight Positions ; Light Conditions ; Understanding Molt ; Aberrant Plumages ; Hawk Migration ; Migration Sites ; Weather ; Optics for Hawkwatching. |
|
Photography and Digital Imaging Accipiters ; Sharp-shinned Hawk ; Cooper's Hawk ; Northern Goshawk ; Accipiter Shapes ; Northern Harrier ; Northern Harrier Shapes ; Buteos ; Red-shouldered Hawk ; Broad-winged Hawk ; Swainson's Hawk ; Red-tailed Hawk ; Ferruginous Hawk. |
|
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo Shapes ; Falcons ; American Kestrel ; Merlin ; Peregrine Falcon ; Prairie Falcon ; Similar Species ; Gyrfalcon ; Mississippi Kite ; Falcon Shapes ; Vultures, Osprey, Eagles ; Black Vulture ; Turkey Vulture ; Similar Species ; Zone-tailed Hawk. |
|
Osprey Bald Eagle ; Golden Eagle ; Osprey, Eagle, and Vulture Shapes ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| Summary |
Identifying hawks in flight is a tricky business. Across North America, tens of thousands of people gather every spring and fall at more than one thousand known hawk migration sites--from New Jersey's Cape May to California's Golden Gate. Yet, as many discover, a standard field guide, with its emphasis on plumage, is often of little help in identifying those raptors soaring, gliding, or flapping far, far away. Hawks from Every Angle takes hawk identification to new heights. It offers a fresh approach that literally looks at the birds from every angle, compares and contrasts deceptively similar species, and provides the pictures (and words) needed for identification in the field. Jerry Liguori pinpoints innovative, field-tested identification traits for each species from the various angles that they are seen. Featuring 339 striking color photos on 68 color plates and 32 black & white photos, Hawks from Every Angle is unique in presenting a host of meticulously crafted pictures for each of the 19 species it covers in detail--the species most common to migration sites throughout the United States and Canada. All aspects of raptor identification are discussed, including plumage, shape, and flight style traits. For all birders who follow hawk migration and have found themselves wondering if the raptor in the sky matches the one in the guide, Hawks from Every Angle--distilling an expert's years of experience for the first time into a comprehensive array of truly useful photos and other pointers for each species--is quite simply a must. Key Features: The essential new approach to identifying hawks in flight Innovative, accurate, and field-tested identification traits for each species 339 color photos on 68 color plates, 32 black & white photos Compares and contrasts species easily confused with one another, and provides the pictures (and words) needed for identificatio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Hawks.
|
|
Hawks. |
|
Hawks -- Pictorial works.
|
| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
|
Illustrated works.
|
|
Illustrated works.
|
| ISBN |
1400884209 (electronic book) |
|
9781400884209 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781400884209 |
|
