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Vulture : the private life of an unloved bird / Katie Fallon.
Van Pelt Library QL696.C53 F35 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fallon, Katie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia.
- Turkey vulture--United States.
- Turkey vulture.
- Birds--Conservation--Appalachian Region--Anecdotes.
- Birds.
- Wildlife rescue--Appalachian Region--Anecdotes.
- Wildlife rescue.
- Birds--Conservation.
- Appalachian Region.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Wildlife rescue--Appalachian Region--Anecdotes.
- Birds--Conservation--Appalachian Region--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction : the spokesbird
- Vulture culture
- The private lives of public birds
- Rockshelter
- Wings and prayers
- Rebirth
- Hill of the sacred eagles
- On the move
- Virginia is for vultures
- Battlefield ghosts
- Welcome back, buzzards
- Epilogue : spokesbirds for the spokesbirds
- Afterword : what you can do.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611689716
- 1611689716
- OCLC:
- 959035076
- Publisher Number:
- 99971858580
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