Vulture – The Private Life of an Unloved Bird

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scientific papers and articles and weaving those in with interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts and her own compelling natural history writing, Fallon examines all aspects of the bird’s natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. The result is an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird—one you’ll never look at in the same way again.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-04
Mått:140 x 217 x 19 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Brandeis University Press
ISBN:9781684580330

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Katie Fallon is co-founder of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, a nonprofit research, education, and rehabilitation center for injured birds. A member of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators, she has glove-trained a wide variety of raptor species, including turkey vultures, hawks, owls, and falcons. She is the author, previously, of Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird. She lives in West Virginia with her family of human and birds.

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"[A]n excellent quick read, suitable not only for bird lovers and naturalists but for anyone with a bit of natural curiosity and an inclination to root for the common, the misunderstood, and the underdog.”

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Spokesbird1. Vulture Culture2. The Private Lives of Public Birds3. Rockshelter4. Wings and Prayers5. Rebirth6. Hill of the Sacred Eagles7. On the Move8. Virginia Is for Vultures9. Battlefield Ghosts10. Welcome Back11. BuzzardsEpilogue: Spokesbirds for the SpokesbirdsAfterword: What You Can DoAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex