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Eyewitness

Eagle &

Birds of Prey

Kestrel skeleton

White-bellied

sea eagle

Verreaux’s eagle

Eyewitness

Eagle &

Birds of Prey

Written by

JEMIMA PARRY-JONES

The National Birds of Prey Centre, England

Photographed by

FRANK GREENAWAY

European kestrel

Saker falcon Bald eagle

Common, or

crested, caracara

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First American edition, 1997

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parry-Jones, Jemima.

Eagle & birds of prey / written by Jemima Parry-Jones;

photography by Frank Greenaway.

p. cm. — (Eyewitness Books)

Includes index.

Summary: Describes the anatomy, hunting techniques, mating, nesting,

and eating habits of birds of prey.

1. Birds of prey — Juvenile literature. [1. Birds of prey.] I. Title. II. Series.

QL696.F3P386╇╇2000

598.9’1—dc20╇╇96–36420

ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-6618-1 (ALB)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-5860-5 (PLC)

Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore

Printed in China by Toppan Printing Co. (Shenzhen) Ltd.

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Contents

8

What is a bird of prey?

10

The raptor families

12

Eggs, nests, and hatching

14

Growth of the young raptor

16

How raptors fly

20

Wings and feathers

22

Inside a bird of prey

24

Feet and talons

26

Hunting techniques

28

Prey and feeding

30

Heads and senses

32

Skeletons

34

Vultures

36

Ospreys and fish eagles

38

Kites and harriers

40

Hawks and buzzards

42

Eagles

44

The secretary bird

46

The falcon family

48

Owls

52

Birds of prey in history

54

Training a bird of prey

56

Around the world

58

Raptor records

60

Index

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