Hunting Tactics Of Peregrines And Other Falcons
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Author | : Dick Dekker |
Publisher | : Hancock House |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
This book describes the foraging habits and capture rates of four species of bird-hunting falcons; Peregrine, Merlin, Gyrfalcon, and Prairie Falcon. Eight of the nine study areas were situated in western Canada in widely different habitats, and the observation periods intermittently included all seasons over 44 years, 1965-2008.
Author | : Bruce A. Haak |
Publisher | : Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Falconry |
ISBN | : |
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.
Author | : Mike Unwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2004-06-01 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780431188980 |
How many different species of falcon are there? When were peregrines first used for hunting? How fast can a peregrine fly? Peregrine Falcon answers these and other questions, including the wonderful question of how these birds were stopped from going down the road to extinction. Often, the increasing human population and its expanding cities crowd out wildlife. In this book you will learn how big cities played a role in helping these birds.
Author | : Marcy Cottrell Houle |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2014-02-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0826354351 |
“Blends adventure, romance, humor and pathos. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of her sky-diving subjects and the seductive beauty of the wilderness.”—Chicago Sun-Times “Well crafted and compelling, a dramatization of the classic conflict between the legitimate interests of conservationists and developers. This is a fine book on several levels, as science, sociology, or a story. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal Forty years ago, the peregrine falcon was on the U.S. endangered species list and many doubted that it would survive. Marcy Houle was a young wildlife biologist observing one of the last remaining pairs—located at a site in southwest Colorado slated for development as a major tourist site. First published in 1991 and winner of several national awards, this book chronicles her work at Chimney Rock along with the recovery of the species. A new preface examines the last thirty years of the peregrine population and its remarkable comeback and culminates with President Barack Obama’s designation of Chimney Rock as a national monument.
Author | : Sylvia Funston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9780920775899 |
Author | : Kenn Kaufman |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780618159888 |
The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.
Author | : Joshua Hammer |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2021-02-16 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 150119190X |
A “well-written, engaging detective story” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detective determined to stop him. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales. So begins a “vivid tale of obsession and international derring-do” (Publishers Weekly), following the parallel lives of a globe-trotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors worth millions of dollars as race champions—and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, who’s hell bent on protecting the world’s birds of prey. “Masterfully constructed” (The New York Times) and “entertaining and illuminating” (The Washington Post), The Falcon Thief will whisk you away from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabwe’s Matobo National Park, and from the frigid tundra near the Arctic Circle to luxurious aviaries in the deserts of Dubai, all in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own. It’s a story that’s part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure—and wholly unputdownable until the very last page.
Author | : Mike Unwin |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781403454362 |
Discusses the plight of peregrine falcons and why they are near extinction, as well as some of the ways humans can help.
Author | : Michael O'Neal Campbell |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2022-05-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1315278081 |
This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current relations between eagles and people, including habitat change and conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently seriously impacted by human activities such as industrialization, urbanization, pollution, deforestation and hunting. Some eagle species have consequently experienced extreme population changes. There are, however, some positive developments. Eagles have a strong, historic bond with human civilization, due to their status as the world’s most charismatic birds. Conservation policies have also been successful in repopulating some ecosystems with breeding eagles. Therefore, despite the complexity of this relationship, there may yet be hope for this unique species group, frequently rated as the kings of birds, and symbolic of human power, ambition, royalty, nationality, and even concepts of God. It is hoped that this book will contribute to the further understanding of these unique and fantastic birds.
Author | : Steve K. Sherrod |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |