Hawks and Owls of Eastern North AmericaRutgers University Press, 2004 - 203 עמודים Hawks and owls, or raptors, as they are sometimes called, are charismatic birds. Ranging in size from the majestic bald eagle to the tiny northern saw-whet owl, these fascinating creatures occupy forests, woodlots, fields, and wetlands, as well as urban parks and tree-lined city streets. The adventurous peregrine falcon has even been spotted on the cliff-like skyscrapers and tall bridges of New York City and Philadelphia. Raptors are all around us-all we need to do is look for them at the right times, in the right places.Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America provides a readable, accessible introduction to our native birds of prey. Illustrated with over eighty black and white and thirty stunning color photographs, this natural history guide introduces readers to these incredible birds, describing their identifying characteristics, their behaviors, their habitats, and what's being done to protect them. In chapters on citizen science and recreation, readers will learn how they can experience raptors firsthand through study and observation. Birders, hawk and owl watchers, nature and wildlife photographers, youth groups, and high school and college students can all turn to this book as a reliable source of information on birds of prey. |
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HAWK MIGRATIONS | 9 |
OWL MIGRATIONS AND INVASIONS | 17 |
RAPTOR CONSERVATION | 24 |
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS | 48 |
OSPREYS AND NORTHERN HARRIERS | 59 |
KITES | 68 |
EAGLES | 77 |
ACCIPITERS | 86 |
SOARING HAWKS | 96 |
CARACARAS AND FALCONS | 115 |
BARN OWLS | 131 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
adult American Hawkwatcher American Kestrels areas Atlantic autumn migration Bake Oven Knob Bald Eagles Barn Owls behavior Bird Watcher's Digest Birds of North birds of prey Boreal Owls breeding Broad-winged Hawks Burrowing Owls Canada capture Cooper's Hawks eastern North America Eastern Screech-Owl feed female flight Florida FOOD HABITS forest Golden Eagles Gray Owls Gyrfalcons Hawk Migration Hawk Mountain hawks and owls Heintzelman Horned Owls hunting incubation invasions Jersey juvenile Kittatinny Ridge Lakes located Long-eared Owls Loon male Merlins mice migration counts Minnesota Mississippi Kite nest boxes nestlings Northern Goshawk Northern Harriers Northern Hawk Owls Northern Saw-whet Owls occur Ontario ornithologists Ospreys pairs Pennsylvania Birds perches Peregrine Falcons Photo by Donald Photo by Ron population predators raptor RAPTOR CONSERVATION raptor migration Raptor Research Red-shouldered Hawks Red-tailed Hawks Ron Austing roost Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawks Short-eared Owls Snail Kites Snowy Owl sometimes southeastern southern southward species Swainson's Hawks tion trees winter woodland
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עמוד 165 - ... agroecosystems. I. The case against granule insecticides in Canada. In MP Greaves, BD Smith, and PW Greig-Smith (eds.), Field Methods for the Environmental Effects of Pesticides, pp. 3-12. British Crop Protection Council (BPCP) Monograph 40. London: Thornton Heath. Mineau, P., MR Fletcher, LC Glaser, et al. 1999. Poisoning of raptors with organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides with emphasis on Canada, US, and UK Journal of Raptor Research 33(1): 1-37. Mussen, E. 1990. California crop pollination....