This guide includes all 39 species of North American hawks and other diurnal raptors, including eagles, falcons, and vultures. Color paintings and photographs show each species in various color morphs and plumages, which are aso described in detail.
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"Everything you could ever want to know about diurnal raptors is included in this handy-to-carry guide." - Home New Tribune
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Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. These editions include updated material by Michael O'Brien, Paul Lehman, Bill Thompson III, Michael DiGiorgio, Larry Rosche, and Jeffrey A. Gordon.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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A must have book for a serious birder,
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This review is from: Field Guide to Hawks of North America (Hardcover)
I consider the Second Edition of the Peterson Filde Guide to the hawks of North America as a must have for any serious birder. The book is well laid out. It has a great set of new color paintings to illustrate the various plumages of the hawks and supplements these by new color photos. Excellent field marks are given for each species. Some of them are new to me. The paintings are clear and sharp and illustrate the field marks needed to identify each bird. The book illustrates how to identify the birds both flying and perched. It is well written and easy to use. I think so highly of the book that it is a required text in addition to the Sibley Guide for an advanced wildlife identification course I teach.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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the ultimate guide to North American birds of prey,
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This review is from: Peterson Field Guide to Hawks of North America (Peterson Field Guides (R) Series) (Paperback)
If you are fascianted by American birds of prey - more properly known as raptors - than this is the book for you. Excellent coverage of all the birds of prey of the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada; hawks, falcons, eagles, harriers, goshawks, vultures, and condors are all covered. Detailed notes and excellent illustrations on how to identify males, females, and juveniles perching and in flight, as well notes on natural history, taxonomy, ranges, and more. A must buy for the dedicate birder or natural history student, I recommend it.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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thorough reference,
By merrymousies (Waterford, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peterson Field Guide to Hawks of North America (Peterson Field Guides (R) Series) (Paperback)
This book certainly lives up to the standards of other peterson guides which I keep handy all the time. Hawks can be tricky identifying so I use this book in tandem with The Photographic Guide to North American Raptors. These two books together make a great set
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Black vulture. Short square tail, whitish legs, and white primary patches. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dark patagial marks, narrow dark tips, pale superciliary lines, unusual plumages, dark mustache marks, backlit wings, pale primary panel, backlit underwings, narrow dark brown barring, wingtips reach, juvenile outer primaries, rufous leg feathers, wingtips fall, perched juveniles, wide dark subterminal band, dark brown coverts, juvenile light morph, pale superciliaries, narrow dark hands, black mustache marks, dark eve lines, dark subterminal hand, pale gray flight feathers, white terminal hand, upperwing coverts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vultures, Great Plains, United States, Bald Eagles, Broad-winged Hawk, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, South Florida, New Mexico, South America, Gray Hawk, British Columbia, Snail Kite, White-tailed Hawk, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawks, Gulf Coast, New Jersey, Black Vultures, Golden Eagles, Central America, New York, Short-tailed Hawk New!
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Black vulture. Short square tail, whitish legs, and white primary patches. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dark patagial marks, narrow dark tips, pale superciliary lines, unusual plumages, dark mustache marks, backlit wings, pale primary panel, backlit underwings, narrow dark brown barring, wingtips reach, juvenile outer primaries, rufous leg feathers, wingtips fall, perched juveniles, wide dark subterminal band, dark brown coverts, juvenile light morph, pale superciliaries, narrow dark hands, black mustache marks, dark eve lines, dark subterminal hand, pale gray flight feathers, white terminal hand, upperwing coverts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vultures, Great Plains, United States, Bald Eagles, Broad-winged Hawk, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, South Florida, New Mexico, South America, Gray Hawk, British Columbia, Snail Kite, White-tailed Hawk, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawks, Gulf Coast, New Jersey, Black Vultures, Golden Eagles, Central America, New York, Short-tailed Hawk New!
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