Hawks In Flight

by Dunne, Pete; Sibley, David; Sutton, Clay

• ISBN13: 9780395709597
• ISBN10: 0395709598
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-18
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Among the world's most popular birds, hawks can be some of the hardest birds to identify. They're most often seen flying high above and at a distance.In the first edition of Hawks in Flight, Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton presented a holistic method of hawk identification, using general body shape, the way they move, and the places they are most likely to be seen.This new edition of the book that Roger Tory Peterson called a "landmark" integrates an array of carefully selected photographs, David Sibley's superb illustrations, and a clear, information-packed text and takes raptor identification to a higher level. This edition covers all of the raptors that breed in North America, including those with limited ranges in Florida, the Southwest, and Texas. Picking up where its predecessor ended by including two decades of raptor identification refinement, Hawks in Flightsummarizes and places in users' hands an identification skill set that used to take years to master.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Flight Identification of Raptors: From the Shotgun to the Sublime	p. 5
Buteos That Migrate: The Wind Masters	p. 11
Accipiters: The Artful Dodgers	p. 83
Falcons: Birds That Measure Distance by the Horizon	p. 113
Pointed-winged Kites: The Wind Given Form	p. 155
Northern Harrier: The Great Fooler	p. 179
Eagles and Vultures: Big Black Birds	p. 191
Crested Caracara: A Chimera in Big Black Bird Clothing	p. 225
Osprey: The Fish Hawk	p. 233
Southwestern Buteos and Kin: At Home Where North Meets South	p. 243
Florida Specialties: The Aerialist and the Specialist	p. 281
Regional Specialties: Raptors of the Rim	p. 299
Other Birds That Soar	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 326
Index	p. 333
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