From the mighty Andean Condor, the largest flying creature in the world, to the sparrow-sized Elf Owl, discover the amazing variety of birds of prey that hunt across our skies.
Contains over 230 color photographs showing the world's most amazing raptors in their natural habitats.
Individual sections devoted to eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures, and owls.
Includes information on habitats, lifestyles, nesting and breeding habits, and methods of predation.
Enjoy outstanding action pictures of the world's fastest, highestflying, and most aggressive birds taken by some of the world's finest wildlife photographers.
BIRDS OF PREY are the Winged predators of the aerial world. Whether Stoopingfrom altitude at phenomenal speed to strike an unsuspecting target fromabove, flicking and darting between trees in a lethal tailchase, or ghosting silently through the night in pursuit of prey as owls do,these incredible predators excite our admiration and awe in equal measure. All are superbly adaped to hunting in chain; their bodies and senses are purpose-predation.
In this beautiful illustrated survey of the world's birds of prey, Paul Frost deverity of Raptors that populate the skies. He groups them imto five main categories: Photographed in their natural habitats, here you will finds birds that hunt amongst woods and forests, over deserts, fields and moors, in mountains,over water or smowy wastes, by day and at night.
Each section opens with a fascinatingintroduction that details the lifestyles,diet, hunting methods, and nesting and!breeding habits of the species that belongto the group, and then the pictures takeover - page after page of fantastic imagesthat create a stunning gallery of thesebeautiful creatures going about theirdeadly business in the wild. Extensiveexplanatory captions accompany eachbreathtaking picture.
For countless centuries humankind hasbeen fascinated by these superb birds. Nowmodem readers of this book can studythem in close-up detail and marvel at sucha colorful tribute to these remarkable hunters in our skies.
