Hawks at a Distance

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Hawks at a Distance
Author : Jerry Liguori
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 03 April 2011
ISBN : 9780691135595
Pages : 208 pages
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Hawks at a Distance by Jerry Liguori Book PDF Summary

"Hawks at a Distance" is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry 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 full-color portraits, 558 color photos, and 896 black-and-white images portray shapes and plumages for each species from all angles. Useful flight identification criteria are provided and the accompanying text discusses all aspects of in-flight hawk identification, including flight style and behavior. Concentrating on features that are genuinely observable at a distance ..."--Jacket.

Hawks at a Distance

"Hawks at a Distance" is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry 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

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