The Mississippi Kite : : Portrait of a Southern Hawk / / Dan Flores, Eric G. Bolen.
Floating on air currents over rural countryside and open city spaces, the Mississippi Kite presents a familiar sight to many people across the southern United States, although this graceful hawk is not well known by name. This engaging natural history, illustrated with superb color photographs, prov...
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Bolen, Eric G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Mississippi Kite : Portrait of a Southern Hawk / Dan Flores, Eric G. Bolen. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©1993 1 online resource (128 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Corrie Herring Hooks Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Mississippi Kite -- Mississippi Kites in History -- Breeding and Nesting -- Raising Young -- Food and Feeding -- Conservation and Management -- APPENDIX A Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals Mentioned in the Text -- APPENDIX B The Dimorphism Index -- APPENDIX C A Decade of Sightings by State -- Readings and References restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Floating on air currents over rural countryside and open city spaces, the Mississippi Kite presents a familiar sight to many people across the southern United States, although this graceful hawk is not well known by name. This engaging natural history, illustrated with superb color photographs, provides all a bird watcher needs to become acquainted with the kite, its life cycle, and its fascinating history with humans. Under various folk names, including Blue Darter, Grasshopper Hawk, and Mosquito Hawk, the Mississippi Kite ranges throughout the southern United States from the coasts of the Carolinas to the plains of the Southwest. The authors describe all aspects of the kite's life cycle, from breeding and nesting, raising young, and hunting and feeding to the kite's annual winter migration to South America. They also trace its intriguing relationship with humans, from its discovery by Europeans in the nineteenth century to the present day. For bird lovers and ornithologists alike, The Mississippi Kite will be an essential introduction to a bird well worth knowing. A special section on conservation and a selection of references for further reading complement the text. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Mississippi kite. NATURE / General. bisacsh Flores, Dan, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/751484 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292769892 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292769892/original |
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