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    Identifying Birds of Prey: Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America
    Identifying Birds of Prey: Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America
    Identifying Birds of Prey: Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America
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    Identifying Birds of Prey: Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America

    By Laura Erickson

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    An engaging quick-reference guide to the basics of identifying hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, and kites in flight.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateMar 1, 2016
    ISBN9780811763950
    Identifying Birds of Prey: Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America
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    Laura Erickson

    Laura Erickson is the author of The Love Lives of Birds and The Bird Watching Answer Book, and is coauthor of Into the Nest. A recipient of the American Birding Association’s prestigious Roger Tory Peterson award, she has served as science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, an editor of Bird Scope magazine, and a columnist and contributing editor for Birdwatching magazine. She produces For the Birds, a long-running public radio program and podcast, and lives in Duluth, Minnesota. 

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