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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index

Foreword / Roger Tory Peterson -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Flight identification of raptors: From the shotgun to the sublime -- Buteos: Wind masters -- Migration -- Identification -- Generic buteo -- Red-tailed hawk -- Red-shouldered hawk -- Broad-winged hawk -- Swainson's hawk -- Rough-legged hawk-- Ferruginous hawk -- Telling buteos apart -- Accipiters: Artful dodgers -- Migration -- Identification -- Accipiter-- Sharp-shinned hawk -- Cooper's hawk -- Northern goshawk -- Telling accipiters apart -- Falcons: Distance measured by the horizon -- Nigration -- Identification -- Generic falcon -- American kestrel -- Merlin -- Peregrine falcon -- Prairie falcon -- Gyrfalcon -- Telling falcons apart -- Kites: Graceful Masters of the southern summer skies -- Migration -- Identification -- Generic kite -- Mississippi kite -- American swallow-tailed kite -- Black-shouldered kite -- Telling kites apart -- Northern harrier: Great fooler -- Migration -- Identification -- Telling harriers from the rest -- Eagles and vultures: Big black birds -- Migration -- Identification -- Generic big black bird -- Vultures -- Eagles -- Telling big black birds apart -- Osprey: Fish hawk -- Migration -- Identification -- Telling ospreys from the rest -- Photographs of hawks in flight -- Bibliography -- Index

A field guide to 23 species of North American birds of prey. Annotation. Subtle characteristics allow identification of 23 species of raptor

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