The Prairie Falcon (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) - Hardcover

Anderson, Stanley H.; Squires, John R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0292704739 ISBN 13: 9780292704732

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

In addition, the authors recount the long association of falcons with people, which may extend back as far as 2000 BC. They describe the practice of falconry from the Middle Ages until today. And they assess the threats to Prairie Falcons posed by human activities, from pesticide use and destruction of habitat to disruption of the breeding cycle by careless birdwatchers.

About this title

About the Author:

Stanley H. Anderson is Professor of Zoology at the Wyoming Cooperative Research Unit.

Review:

"This book explores a marvelous, complex bird that has not been offered the benefit of a single volume treatment. The authors have a broad grasp of their subject and are well versed in the literature relating to birds of prey in general and Prairie Falcons specifically." (Pete Dunne, author of More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0292704739
• ISBN 13: 9780292704732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172