Vulture - The Private Life of an Unloved Bird

The vulture is a widely distributed and abundant scavenging bird of prey, but Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary in her book "Vulture: A Year in the Life of a Typical North American Turkey Vulture." She examines all aspects of the birds natural history, breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting, and provides an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2020
Publisher: University Press of New England

Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scientific papers and articles and weaving those in with interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts and her own compelling natural history writing, Fallon examines all aspects of the birds natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. The result is an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird—one you'll never look at in the same way again.

Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scientific papers and articles and weaving those in with interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts and her own compelling natural history writing, Fallon examines all aspects of the birds natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. The result is an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird—one you'll never look at in the same way again.

Weight: 336g
Dimension: 141 x 215 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684580330