On the wing : to the edge of the Earth with the peregrine falcon / Alan Tennant.
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 edition
- 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. |
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| Subject: | Peregrine falcon > Migration > Western Hemisphere. |
Additional Physical Form Titles
| On the wing. |
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- 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 598.9 TEN (Text) | 37810434516018 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
