Anderson, Squires : The Prairie Falcon :

| 1997 | | Kart, F:14x22,5 cm, 168 S, 19 Farbfotos, 8 Zeichnungen, 1 Karte, 2 weitere Abbildungen. | WG: Buch | Monographie des Präriefalken (Hierofalco mexicanus) der den inneren Westen der USA, Niederkalifornien und Texas bewohnt. | Skillful hunters beautiful in flight, Prairie Falcons inhabit the rocky cliffs of the American West.These raptors range from southern Canada and northern North Dakota to Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, western and northern Texas, and southeastern Coahuila, Mexico.This is the first book for a wide audience devoted exclusively to the Prairie Falcon. Stanley Anderson and John Squires cover all aspects of the falcon's life history from mating and rearing young to hunting behaviors and the yearly migration cycle. They provide complete descriptive characteristics for identifying Prairie Falcons and also compare them to other raptors, especially the closely related Peregrine Falcon. | [E] | |