Dark Raptor

Dark Raptor
Author: Derek Zwick
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1546264167

HE WAS CHOSEN FOR A REASON Griffin Ryan was twelve years old when his father was murdered right in front of him by a man with a yellow eye. As he knelt by his dying father, his father gave him a metal claw with strange symbols carved into its surface—the Claw of the Darjikorah. Six years later, Griffin is now a senior in high school. Trying to live a life of normalcy, Griffin is completely unaware that he is being targeted by an army of aliens known as the Drestoriki, led by the evil Dekronis. The Drestoriki will stop at nothing to find the Claw and use its power to rule the galaxy. The Claw has the power to turn Griffin into a Darjikorah—a creature with razor-sharp teeth and claws that can harness the power of lightning and use it at will. With the help of his adoptive father, Elijakiel, and the love of his life, Skye, Griffin must learn to use the Claw’s power to defeat the Drestoriki and become the hero he was always destined to be—Dark Raptor.

Raptor: a Sokol Graphic Novel Limited Edition

Raptor: a Sokol Graphic Novel Limited Edition
Author: Dave McKean
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 150672258X

A visual tour-de-force graphic novel from artist and writer Dave McKean (Black Dog, The Sandman). The Raptor, Sokol, flickers between two worlds: a feudal fantastical landscape where he must hunt prey to survive, and Wales in the late 1800s where a writer of supernatural tales mourns the passing of his young wife. He exists between two states, the human and the hawk. He lives in the twilight between truth and lies, life and death, reality and the imagination. World Fantasy, Harvey, British Science Fiction Association, and V+A Book Award winner Dave McKean's first creator-owned character is a wandering spirit for our times. This deluxe, oversized hardcover edition with an exclusive signed tip-in illustration is perfect for fans of Dave McKean's beautiful art who want to experience Raptor in large-scale glory.

Raptors of Mexico and Central America

Raptors of Mexico and Central America
Author: William S. Clark
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0691116490

The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central America Raptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the first illustrated guide to the region's 69 species of raptors, including vagrants. It features 32 stunning color plates and 213 color photos, and a distribution map for each regularly occurring species. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, age-related plumages, status and distribution, subspecies, molt, habitats, behaviors, potential confusion species, and more. Raptors of Mexico and Central America is the essential field guide to this difficult bird group and the ideal travel companion for anyone visiting this region of the world. Covers all 69 species of raptors found in Mexico and Central America Features 32 color plates and hundreds of color photos Provides multiple illustrations of each species Depicts and describes variations in plumage by individual, morph, age, and region Describes behavior, food preferences, hunting strategies, vocalizations, and molt Covers rare and extralimital species Includes distribution maps and flight silhouettes

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2010-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547529228

Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze, come smell your way among the trees, come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: Welcome to the night. Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies—raspberry leaves!—and coos and sings. Come out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl—but do beware of the great horned owl—for it’s wild and it’s windy way out in the woods!

Raptor King

Raptor King
Author: Loki Renard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2021-06-07
Genre:
ISBN:

He's tamed the most dangerous beasts in the universe. Now he's going to tame me. I wanted my Prince Charming on a white steed. Instead, I got an alien king riding a dinosaur. I've never been kissed. Never been a bridesmaid, let alone a bride. I'm a virgin. But not for much longer. Not if this super hot, ultra dominant king has anything to do with it.

Raptors of the World

Raptors of the World
Author: James Ferguson-Lees
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 1002
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780618127627

Plates 1-3 illustrate representatives, in flight, of all 78 genera, grouped by size and zoogeographical regions.".

African Raptors

African Raptors
Author: William S. Clark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1472925696

The most comprehensive guide to African raptors ever published. Due to its large land mass and impressive variety of habitats, Africa has the most diverse range of raptors of any continent – with almost a third of the world's species occurring in the region. These diurnal birds of prey are well known for their hooked bill and powerful talons, as well as their keen vision that enables them to accurately detect their prey during flight. This authoritative guide, part of the Helm Identification series, features all 106 species found in Africa, with particular emphasis on their field identification. Encompassing falcons, eagles, ospreys, kites, vultures and more, African Raptors discusses the identification of both perched and flying birds, bringing together the very latest research with accurate distribution maps, more than 300 colour photographs and 52 superb plates that illustrate a broad range of ages and racial plumage differences. This book is the ultimate reference on these remarkable birds, and will be indispensable for all birders and ornithologists with an interest in birds of prey.

Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
Author: Dick Forsman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2016-02-25
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1472925548

This book is the ultimate flight-identification guide for the raptors of the Western Palaearctic, covering Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (including Arabia) to Central Asia. Raptors are notoriously hard to identify, even if seen well, and represent perhaps the toughest of all ID challenges for birders. This guide provides identification information for all 60 species that regularly occur in the region, to subspecific level. The text covers every plumage and age in detail, with each species account accompanied by a range of photographs covering all the principal plumages. Based on this stunning photographic coverage, most of which has never been published before, this book represents a landmark in bird identification books and a major work for all raptor enthusiasts.

Raptors of the World: A Field Guide

Raptors of the World: A Field Guide
Author: James Ferguson-Lees
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1472987659

Raptors of the World (Helm, 2001) is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds. This new field guide uses all of the plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 340 raptor species. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide. The book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species. Much of the extensive introductory material has been retained in this guide, with the addition of a complete species list containing all subspecies and brief details of their ranges. Armed with this guide, birders will be able to identify with confidence any raptor encountered anywhere in the world.

Birds of the Masai Mara

Birds of the Masai Mara
Author: Adam Scott Kennedy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2013-07-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1400844924

Birds of the Masai Mara is a remarkably beautiful photographic guide featuring the bird species likely to be encountered by visitors to the popular Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With an eye-catching layout, easy-to-use format, and no-jargon approach, the book contains more than 300 stunning photographs covering over 200 species of birds and is accessible and informative, rather than purely identification-based. A handy, brief introduction provides visitors with background on the habitats of the national park, and the guide's habitat-based approach makes it simple to identify any bird species according to where it is found. Based on the firsthand experiences of the author, Birds of the Masai Mara is an ideal companion to all those visiting the national reserve and to bird aficionados interested in learning more about the region. The only photographic guide to focus solely on the bird species of the Masai Mara National Reserve More than 300 remarkable photographs covering over 200 species Accessible text explores bird species behavior and species etymology A brief and handy introduction examines the habitats of the Masai Mara Easy-to-use habitat-based layout makes exciting birdwatching easy