TABLE OF CONTENTS: Forward by Pete Dunne vii
Acknowledgments ix
Photo Credits xi
Introduction xiii
Glossary and Anatomy xv
Vultures 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Black Vulture 5
California Condor 7
Osprey 9
Kites 12
Hook-billed Kite 12
Swallow-tailed Kite 15
Snail Kite 20
Mississippi Kite 23
Northern Harrier 28
Accipiters 32
Sharp-shinned haek 32
Cooper's hawk 35
Northern Goshawk 38
Buteonines 42
Common Black Hawk 42
Harris' hawk 42
Gray Hawk 45
Red-shouldered Hawk 49
Broad-winged Hawk 56
Short-tailed Hawk 60
Swainsin's Hawk 63
White-tailed Hawk 73
Zoned-tailed hawk 79
Red-tailed Hawk 82
Ferruginous Hawk 100
Rough-legged hawk 108
Eagles 116
Bald Eagle 116
Golden eagle 123
Crested Caracara 127
Falcons 130
American Kestrel 130
Aplomado Falcon 133
Merlin 136
Prairie Falcon 141
Gyrfalcon 145
Peregrine 149
Vagrants 154
Crane Hawk 154
White-tailed Eagle 154
Stellar's Sea Eagle 155
Roadside hawk 159
Red-backed Buzzard 161
Hawiian hawk 162
Collared Forest-Falcon 163
Common Kestrel 164
Northern Hobby 166
Raptor identification problems 168
Index 197
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