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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tennant, Alan, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : 2004.
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.