The Peregrine Falcon [2nd limited edition] by Richard Sale and Steve Watson
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Peregrine Falcons are iconic aerial apex predators sometimes held in mystical regard, occasionally elevated to the status of myth and legend. This new book investigates all aspects of Peregrine life, from plumage, through diet, population dynamics, breeding and survival. Peregrines breed on all continents apart from Antarctica and data has been collected from across that vast range enabling provision of information on each of the 17-19 subspecies (subject to debate) as to diet, distribution and physical characteristics.
Having sold out the first edition, published in November 2022, the authors have now produced an extended and significantly updated and re-written limited print run second edition which includes published science up to August 2024. In particular, the science of phylogenetics has developed dramatically since the first edition following landmark discoveries in China and this is covered in some detail. Furthermore, one of the authors (RS) has conducted and describes here a series of CT scans to study wing bone structure, nasal passages and brain cavities.
RS has also conducted and describes experiments in falcon olfaction. Modern technology (inertial measurement units built by RS) has been used to study the flights which have made Peregrines famous as arguably the fastest creature on the planet. The result is a new comprehensive book on this most iconic bird, including over 150 full colour photographs from across the world and over 200 figures and tables across 576 pages in all. We hope you enjoy reading it.
Now in stock available to ship.
Peregrine Falcons are iconic aerial apex predators sometimes held in mystical regard, occasionally elevated to the status of myth and legend. This new book investigates all aspects of Peregrine life, from plumage, through diet, population dynamics, breeding and survival. Peregrines breed on all continents apart from Antarctica and data has been collected from across that vast range enabling provision of information on each of the 17-19 subspecies (subject to debate) as to diet, distribution and physical characteristics.
Having sold out the first edition, published in November 2022, the authors have now produced an extended and significantly updated and re-written limited print run second edition which includes published science up to August 2024. In particular, the science of phylogenetics has developed dramatically since the first edition following landmark discoveries in China and this is covered in some detail. Furthermore, one of the authors (RS) has conducted and describes here a series of CT scans to study wing bone structure, nasal passages and brain cavities.
RS has also conducted and describes experiments in falcon olfaction. Modern technology (inertial measurement units built by RS) has been used to study the flights which have made Peregrines famous as arguably the fastest creature on the planet. The result is a new comprehensive book on this most iconic bird, including over 150 full colour photographs from across the world and over 200 figures and tables across 576 pages in all. We hope you enjoy reading it.
Now in stock available to ship.
Peregrine Falcons are iconic aerial apex predators sometimes held in mystical regard, occasionally elevated to the status of myth and legend. This new book investigates all aspects of Peregrine life, from plumage, through diet, population dynamics, breeding and survival. Peregrines breed on all continents apart from Antarctica and data has been collected from across that vast range enabling provision of information on each of the 17-19 subspecies (subject to debate) as to diet, distribution and physical characteristics.
Having sold out the first edition, published in November 2022, the authors have now produced an extended and significantly updated and re-written limited print run second edition which includes published science up to August 2024. In particular, the science of phylogenetics has developed dramatically since the first edition following landmark discoveries in China and this is covered in some detail. Furthermore, one of the authors (RS) has conducted and describes here a series of CT scans to study wing bone structure, nasal passages and brain cavities.
RS has also conducted and describes experiments in falcon olfaction. Modern technology (inertial measurement units built by RS) has been used to study the flights which have made Peregrines famous as arguably the fastest creature on the planet. The result is a new comprehensive book on this most iconic bird, including over 150 full colour photographs from across the world and over 200 figures and tables across 576 pages in all. We hope you enjoy reading it.
