Hawk Ridge : Minnesota's birds of prey / Laura Erickson ; Illustrations by Betsy Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Laura, 1951-

Contributor:

Bowen, Betsy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds of prey--Minnesota.

Birds of prey.

Birds of prey--Migration--Minnesota.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Was Caesar like the eagle because of his aquiline (from aquila, for "eagle" in Latin) nose, or does the eagle seem imperial because of his Caesar-like beak? Does the sharp vision of a "hawk-eyed" observer have any basis in nature? And what the heck is "kettling" to a bird-watcher, or, for that matter, a bird? Raptors have captured the imagination from time immemorial and have an especially rich history in Minnesota. The ancient peoples whose pictographs adorn the rock faces of Lake Superior's North Shore may well have witnessed the first hawk movements along Lake Superior-the same annu

Contents:

Artist's Note; Introduction; A History of Hawk Watching at Hawk Ridge; Weather-Dependent Migration; The Challenges of Counting Hawks; Banding Hawks at Hawk Ridge; A Season of Hawks; Two-Way Passage; Beyond Identification; Vultures; Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura); Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus); Ospreys; Harriers and Kites; Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus); Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis); Accipiters; Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus); Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii); Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); Buteos; Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus); Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus); Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni); Falcons; American Kestrel (Falco sparverius); Merlin (Falco columbarius); Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus); Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus); Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus); Visiting Hawk Ridge; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8166-8209-7

OCLC:

818115450