How Fast Can A Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey

Author:   Peter Capainolo ,  Carol A Butler
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9780813547909


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Peter Capainolo ,  Carol A Butler
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780813547909


ISBN 10:   0813547903
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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"""This reader-friendly and interesting book contains a wealth of information about birds of prey.""-- ""Wildlife Activist"" (8/1/2010 12:00:00 AM) ""Almost anything a student might wish to know about raptors can be found in this well-organized, detailed, and thoroughly documented book."" -- ""NSTA Recommends"" (7/7/2011 12:00:00 AM) ""Birds of prey are endlessly fascinating. They fill us with wonder--and questions. Fortunately, this book has the answers, presented in an engaging style. A 'must-read' for anyone who admires raptors.""--Tim Gallagher ""author of Falcon Fever and The Grail Bird"" (5/13/2010 12:00:00 AM) ""This work will appeal to lay readers and raptor fanatics (there are many!). As a budding bird-watcher in high school, this reviewer would have devoured this book. Highly recommended.""-- ""Choice"" (2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM) ""Want to know everything about birds of prey--our amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcoln Dive?, is the place to start!""--Joel Cracraft ""Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History"" (4/15/2010 12:00:00 AM)"


Want to know everything about birds of prey--our amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler''s compact book, How Fast Can a Falcoln Dive? , is the place to start! --Joel Cracraft Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History (04/15/2010)


Want to know everything about birds of prey--our amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, is the place to start! <br>Joel Cracraft, Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History<br>


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Peter Capainolo is senior scientific assistant in the department of ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, an adjunct faculty member at the City University of New York, research associate and board member at the Long Island Natural History Museum, and serves on the New York State Falconry Advisory Board. Carol A. Butler is the coauthor of Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History, and books within the Rutgers Animal Q&A series including Do Butterflies Bite?, Do Bats Drink Blood?, Do Hummingbirds Hum?, and Why Do Bees Buzz? (all Rutgers University Press).

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