Author: Todd Telander
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762776234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, these informative guides make it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Birds are organized in taxonomic order, keeping families of birds together for easy identification. This is the essential source for the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Birds of Colorado
Author: Todd Telander
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762776234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, these informative guides make it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Birds are organized in taxonomic order, keeping families of birds together for easy identification. This is the essential source for the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762776234
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, these informative guides make it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Birds are organized in taxonomic order, keeping families of birds together for easy identification. This is the essential source for the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
A Falcon in the Field
Author: Jack Mavrogordato
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888357202
Category : Falconry
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This well known book about training falcons for falconry has been faithfully reprinted here with new images in a style that resembles the original publication. It is hard bound, gold gilt, color dust wrapper on a high quality matte paper with color throughout. Currently, we are offering this book along with "A Hawk for the Bush" and "Behind the Scenes," its companion books by the same author.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888357202
Category : Falconry
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This well known book about training falcons for falconry has been faithfully reprinted here with new images in a style that resembles the original publication. It is hard bound, gold gilt, color dust wrapper on a high quality matte paper with color throughout. Currently, we are offering this book along with "A Hawk for the Bush" and "Behind the Scenes," its companion books by the same author.
What Burns Away
Author: Melissa Falcon Field
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492604577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
"A debut novel with a bighearted sensuality and a bull's-eye precision on a par with our best working writers today. A must-read." —Jan Elizabeth Watson, author of What Has Become of You and Asta in the Wings Good wife, good mother. That's all Claire Spruce is trying to be, but the never-ending snow in this new town and her workaholic husband are making her crazy. Even the sweet face of her toddler son can't pull her out of the dark places in her head. Feeling overwhelmed and alone, she reconnects with her long-lost high school boyfriend, Dean, who offers an intoxicating, reckless escape. But Dean's reappearance is not a coincidence. He wants something from Claire—and she soon finds that the cost of repaying an old favor may lead to the destruction of her entire life. What Burns Away is a story of loyalty, family, and the consequences of the past's inevitable collision with our future. "This novel is captivating...it moves fast, doesn't let you catch your breath, and leaves you shaken." —Sarah Braunstein, author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children "A new mom's fiery first love is back, and he challenges all she's built for herself, revealing the fragility of suburban dreams." —Bill Roorbach, author of The Remedy for Love and Life Among Giants
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492604577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
"A debut novel with a bighearted sensuality and a bull's-eye precision on a par with our best working writers today. A must-read." —Jan Elizabeth Watson, author of What Has Become of You and Asta in the Wings Good wife, good mother. That's all Claire Spruce is trying to be, but the never-ending snow in this new town and her workaholic husband are making her crazy. Even the sweet face of her toddler son can't pull her out of the dark places in her head. Feeling overwhelmed and alone, she reconnects with her long-lost high school boyfriend, Dean, who offers an intoxicating, reckless escape. But Dean's reappearance is not a coincidence. He wants something from Claire—and she soon finds that the cost of repaying an old favor may lead to the destruction of her entire life. What Burns Away is a story of loyalty, family, and the consequences of the past's inevitable collision with our future. "This novel is captivating...it moves fast, doesn't let you catch your breath, and leaves you shaken." —Sarah Braunstein, author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children "A new mom's fiery first love is back, and he challenges all she's built for herself, revealing the fragility of suburban dreams." —Bill Roorbach, author of The Remedy for Love and Life Among Giants
Mushrooms
Author: Todd Telander
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076277634X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Mushrooms: A Falcon Field Guide covers 80 of the most common and sought-after species in North America. Conveniently sized to fit in a pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify mushrooms in the backyard and beyond. Each mushroom is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Mushrooms are organized in phylogentic order, keeping families of mushrooms together for easy identification. This is the essential source in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076277634X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Mushrooms: A Falcon Field Guide covers 80 of the most common and sought-after species in North America. Conveniently sized to fit in a pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify mushrooms in the backyard and beyond. Each mushroom is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Mushrooms are organized in phylogentic order, keeping families of mushrooms together for easy identification. This is the essential source in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Edible Wild Plants
Author: Todd Telander
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762785675
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Edible Wild Plants highlights ninety of the most common and sought-after edible plant species in North America. Detailed illustrations and descriptions make it easy to identify plants in your backyard and beyond. Organized by family for easy identification, this is the essential source when you’re out in the field.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762785675
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Edible Wild Plants highlights ninety of the most common and sought-after edible plant species in North America. Detailed illustrations and descriptions make it easy to identify plants in your backyard and beyond. Organized by family for easy identification, this is the essential source when you’re out in the field.
The Peregrine Returns
Author: Mary Hennen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646542X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"Published in Association with the Field Museum."
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646542X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
"Published in Association with the Field Museum."
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals
Author: Garret Romaine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301482X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout North America. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This is the essential source when you're out in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301482X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout North America. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This is the essential source when you're out in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?
Author: Peter Capainolo
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813547903
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"Want to know everything about birds of preyùour amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, is the place to start!"--Joel Cracraft, Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813547903
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"Want to know everything about birds of preyùour amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, is the place to start!"--Joel Cracraft, Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History.
The Hunting Falcon
Author: Bruce Haak
Publisher: Hancock House
ISBN: 9780888390554
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time under one cover, the author has assembled the results of the renewed interest, extensive experimentation, and technological progress that have advanced falconry over the past three decades. The Hunting Falcon is a fresh approach to the sport of falconry. For the first time under one cover, the author has assembled the results of the renewed interest, extensive experimentation, and technological progress that have advanced falconry over the past three decades. Falconer and wildlife biologist, Bruce Haak, details the techniques for training falcons in the classical, game hawking style. Through well-defined chapters, he establishes the fundamentals of care and handling of captive falcons and legal means of acquiring them. Successful strategies for hawking a wide variety of North American quarry are analyzed and laced with entertaining and informative anecdotes. Time-honored techniques for training wild falcons are restated in modern terms. In addition, the education of imprinted and captive-bred falcons, classes of falcons without historical precedence, is concisely outlined for the reader. In a break with tradition, the author uses North America's only indigenous falcon, the prairie falcon, as the primary subject and promotes it as an outstanding hunting partner. His training philosophy and comments on the use of radiotelemetry are added enrichment's to the text.
Publisher: Hancock House
ISBN: 9780888390554
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time under one cover, the author has assembled the results of the renewed interest, extensive experimentation, and technological progress that have advanced falconry over the past three decades. The Hunting Falcon is a fresh approach to the sport of falconry. For the first time under one cover, the author has assembled the results of the renewed interest, extensive experimentation, and technological progress that have advanced falconry over the past three decades. Falconer and wildlife biologist, Bruce Haak, details the techniques for training falcons in the classical, game hawking style. Through well-defined chapters, he establishes the fundamentals of care and handling of captive falcons and legal means of acquiring them. Successful strategies for hawking a wide variety of North American quarry are analyzed and laced with entertaining and informative anecdotes. Time-honored techniques for training wild falcons are restated in modern terms. In addition, the education of imprinted and captive-bred falcons, classes of falcons without historical precedence, is concisely outlined for the reader. In a break with tradition, the author uses North America's only indigenous falcon, the prairie falcon, as the primary subject and promotes it as an outstanding hunting partner. His training philosophy and comments on the use of radiotelemetry are added enrichment's to the text.
Wolves
Author: Jack Ballard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762791225
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Wolves: A Falcon Field Guide presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this most feared yet misunderstood predator. Where do wolves live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate? What issues exist in the controversial relationship between wolves and humans? This book contains all the information you need to know to become familiar with these fascinating animals. Accompanied by numerous full-color photos of wolves in their natural habitat, this handy field guide makes an excellent take-home souvenir and reference for anybody interested in wolves.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762791225
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Wolves: A Falcon Field Guide presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this most feared yet misunderstood predator. Where do wolves live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate? What issues exist in the controversial relationship between wolves and humans? This book contains all the information you need to know to become familiar with these fascinating animals. Accompanied by numerous full-color photos of wolves in their natural habitat, this handy field guide makes an excellent take-home souvenir and reference for anybody interested in wolves.