How fast can a falcon dive? : fascinating answers to questions about birds of prey /

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Author / Creator:Capainolo, Peter, 1959- author.
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Animal Q & A
Animal Q & A.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145238
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Other authors / contributors:Butler, Carol A., 1943- author.
ISBN:9780813550329
0813550327
9780813547909
0813547903
1283865718
9781283865715
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-288) and index.
English.
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Summary:How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. In a reader friendly question and answer format, and complete with more than fifty-five color and black and white images, ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. Butler define and classify raptors, explore the physical attributes of birds of prey, view how their bodies work, and explain the social and physical behaviors of these species-how they communicate, hunt, reproduce, and more.
Other form:Print version: Capainolo, Peter, 1959- How fast can a falcon dive? New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010 9780813547909