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Peregrine Falcon : Stories of the Blue Meanie /

A superb success as a bird, combining great speed, aeronautical grace, and fearlessness.inhabitant of wild places, inaccessible cliffs, and skyscrapers.worldwide dweller, trans-equatorial migrant, and docile captive-the peregrine falcon stands alone among all others of its kind. Perhaps this is why...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Enderson, James H. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Katona, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. The Nature of the Falcon
  • II. My Early Searches
  • III. First Wild Peregrines
  • IV. First Surveys
  • V. Disaster Decade
  • VI. Big River
  • VII. Northern Peregrines
  • VIII. Falcons on the Beach
  • IX. Early Falconry in North America
  • X. The Timely Invention of Peregrine Husbandry
  • XI. Searches in Far Places
  • XII. Peregrines Regain the Skies
  • XIII. The Better-Known Meanie
  • XIV. Peregrines and People
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index