| Raptors: the Birds of Prey |  | Author: Scott Weidensaul
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
Used (3) from £37.29
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2144323
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 382
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 1558212752
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.91
EAN: 9781558212756
ASIN: 1558212752
Publication Date: February 1996
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Few people, writes Scott Weidensaul in The Raptor Almanac, are apathetic toward raptors; once you've seen a hawk or a falcon or an eagle in action, you're likely to take an interest in how those great birds of prey make their homes in the world. If that interest has seized you--and well it should--then Weidensaul's encyclopedic guidebook to the world's principal raptor species, well illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts and full of detailed information, is an ideal companion. Weidensaul addresses a range of questions, including the antiquity of the world's raptor species and their evolutionary history. (In this matter his text is thoroughly up to date and includes the results of recent genetic research by which carrion-feeding New World vultures have been reclassified as relatives of the stork, and not of predatory hawks, eagles, and falcons.) He traces the fortunes of species such as the peregrine falcon, which had all but disappeared in North America by the 1960s owing to hunting, habitat destruction, and the use of deadly pesticides, but which has returned to the wild thanks to a vigorous program of reintroduction. Other success stories await, and Weidensaul offers helpful notes on building nest platforms and boxes, aiding injured birds, contributing to conservation groups, and otherwise seeing to it that raptors flourish. --Gregory McNamee
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Superb !! October 19, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a must-have book for all the raptor fanatics all over the world ! This book is very entertaining as well as informative - and the photographs are a real bonus ! It gives a lot of information about raptor biology, lifestyle, origins, coservation etc with a very interesting section regarding the interaction between humans and raptors. Statistics in tabular form are also included and are really interesting.Do not buy this book if you want a field guide or want to know about identification techniques for raptors because it simply does not treat the subject ... but then again the book is not meant for this purpose. It is suitable for both people who know nothing about raptors to the people who want to know more about these fantastic creatures. It is even worth to buy it for the spectacular photos alone !
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