On the wing : to the edge of the Earth with the peregrine falcon /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf :
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- part 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. The prairie
- 11. La junta
- part 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
- part 3. The 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.