A Field Guide to Hawks of North America
- Book Review,
by William S. Clark
From Book News, Inc.
The photos and drawings of Wheeler and photos and detailed text of Clark are combined in a well-organized and comprehensive guide bound in a water-resistant small format ideal for a birder's pocket. Vagrants as well as resident birds are described, with distribution maps provided for all. A list of similar species and description of the bird's flight, behavior, status and distribution, fine points, and subspecies are provided along with the initial description of each bird.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Review
"Everything you could ever want to know about diurnal raptors is included in this handy-to-carry guide." - Home New Tribune
Book Description
This guide includes all 39 species of North American hawks and other diurnal raptors, including eagles, falcons, and vultures. Color paintings and photographs show each species in various color morphs and plumages, which are aso described in detail.
About the Author
Brian K. Wheeler is a noted wildlife artist, writer, and photographer specializing in hawks. William S. Clark, photographer, author, and lecturer, travels worldwide leading birding tours with his company, Raptours.
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NORTHERN GOSHAWK Pl. 13Accipiter gentilisDescriptionThe Northern Goshawk, our largest accipiter, is a breeding resident in northern and western mountain forests. Wings are long for an accipiter, rather buteo-like. Tip of folded tail is wedge-shaped. Sexes are almost alike in plumage, with females separably larger than males. Juvenile plumage is different from that of adults. Cere is greenish yellow to yellow. Legs are yellow. On perched birds, wingtips extend halfway to tail tip. Widespread race atricapillus is described below.ADULT: Head is black except for wide white superciliary lines and whitish throat. Eye color varies from orange to red to mahogany, darkening with age. Back and upperwing coverts are blue-gray and average darker on females; they contrast with blackish uppersides of flight feathers. Underwing coverts and underparts are pale blue-gray with fine black vermiculations and some vertical black streaking. Females usually have coarser, darker barring and more vertical black streaking. Primaries show dusky banding on undersides; secondaries show, at most, faint banding. Tail is blue-gray, with three or four incomplete blackish bands. Undertail coverts are white and fluffy.
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