Vulture the private life of an unloved bird
Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, i...
| Main Author: | Fallon, Katie (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lebanon, NH :
ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England,
[2017]
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| Online Access: |
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Table of 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.