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On the wing : to the edge of the Earth with the peregrine falcon Cover Image

On the wing : to the edge of the Earth with the peregrine falcon / Alan Tennant.

Tennant, Alan, 1943- (Author).

Summary:

A study of the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon follows the raptors from the Texas barrier islands to the Arctic and then back south through Mexico, Belize, and the Caribbean.

Record details

ISBN: 0375415513
ISBN: 9780375415517
ISBN: 1587248980
ISBN: 9781587248986
Physical Description: viii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : 2004.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Padre Island -- 1. Partners -- 2. Padre -- 3. From Forayne partes -- 4. High romance -- 5. Renegades -- 6. Sport of kings -- 7. Chemical warfare -- 8. On the sea wind -- 9. Amelia -- 10. Prairie -- 11. La junta -- pt. 2. On the wing -- 12. Horseshoes -- 13. Reunion -- 14. Airborne -- 15. Canada -- 16. Farewell -- 17. Mounties -- 18. Plane crash -- 19. North slope -- 20. Arktikos -- 21. Cherokee -- 22. Alone -- 23. Waiting for Nanook -- pt. 3. Bay of Mexico -- 24. Uniformes y documentos -- 25. Hurricane -- 26. Anukiat -- 27. La Pesca -- 28. Policia militar -- 29. Corridor of hawks -- 30. Petróleos Mexicanos -- 31. Lords of Ladyville -- 32. Ambergris -- 33. April the Tapir -- 34. Xunantunich -- 35. Beyond the sea -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.