Bird enthusiasts of all ages will welcome this fun approach to learning about the raptors of North America. Educators, children, and beginning birders will find creative ways to learn about the birds and their distinguishing characteristics with the activities and coloring exercises in this book, which features sections on vultures, osprey, kites, harriers, eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons.Anne Price provides extensive facts and descriptions on each species. The short essays describe how birds descended from dinosaurs, how the art of falconry began, how to distinguish a raptor from other birds, and how each species is scientifically classified. The Raptors of North America provides a creative and educational overview of the majestic birds found throughout North America and encourages us to continue exploring the birds we find in our own backyards and beyond.
Subjects: ChildrenNature
ForewordAcknowledgmentsHow to Use This BookBird or Dinosaur?What Makes a Bird a Raptor?What About These Funny Names?Raptors in the Twenty-First Century: Successes and ChallengesVulturesBlack Vulture: Coragyps atratusTurkey Vulture: Cathartes auraCalifornia Condor: Gymnogyps californianusOspreyOsprey: Pandion haliaetusKitesSwallow-Tailed Kite: Elanoides forficatusWhite-Tailed Kite: Elanus leucurusSnail Kite: Rostrhamus sociabilisMississippi Kite: Ictinia mississippiensisHarriersNorthern Harrier: Circus cyaneusEaglesBald Eagle: Haliaeetus leucocephalusGolden Eagle: Aquila chrysaetosHawksSharp-Shinned Hawk: Accipiter striatusCooper’s Hawk: Accipiter cooperiiNorthern Goshawk: Accipiter gentilisCommon Black Hawk: Buteogallus anthracinusHarris’s Hawk: Parabuteo unicinctusWhite-Tailed Hawk: Geranoaetus albicaudatusGray Hawk: Buteo plagiatusRed-Shouldered Hawk: Buteo lineatusBroad-Winged Hawk: Buteo platypterusShort-Tailed Hawk: Buteo brachyurusSwainson’s Hawk: Buteo swainsoniZone-Tailed Hawk: Buteo albonotatusRed-Tailed Hawk: Buteo jamaicensisRough-Legged Hawk: Buteo lagopusFerruginous Hawk: Buteo regalisOwlsBarn Owl: Tyto albaFlammulated Owl: Psiloscops flammeolusWestern Screech Owl: Megascops kennicottiiEastern Screech Owl: Megascops asioWhiskered Screech Owl: Megascops trichopsisGreat-Horned Owl: Bubo virginianusSnowy Owl: Bubo scandiacusNorthern Hawk Owl: Surnia ululaNorthern Pygmy Owl: Glaucidium gnomaFerruginous Pygmy Owl: Glaucidium brasilianumElf Owl: Micrathene whitneyiBurrowing Owl: Athene cuniculariaSpotted Owl: Strix occidentalisBarred Owl: Strix variaGreat Gray Owl: Strix nebulosaLong-Eared Owl: Asio otusShort-Eared Owl: Asio flammeusBoreal Owl: Aegolius funereusNorthern Saw-Whet Owl: Aegolius acadicusFalconsCrested Caracara: Caracara cheriwayAmerican Kestrel: Falco sparveriusMerlin: Falco columbariusAplomado Falcon: Falco femoralisGyrfalcon: Falco rusticolusPeregrine Falcon: Falco peregrinusPrairie Falcon: Falco mexicanusRaptors and Humans: FalconryBuild a Kestrel BoxGlossaryBibliographyAbout the AuthorAbout the IllustratorChecklist of Raptors You’ve Seen
