HAWKS, FALCONS & FALCONRY. By Frank L. Beebe.

Language: English

Published by Hancock House Publishers. Saanichton, B.C. 1976, 1976

0919654401 / 9780919654402

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Folio (219 x 286mm). Pp320. B/w photographs, illustrations by the author, bibliography. Blind-stamped titles to green boards, spine titled in gilt. Boards bumped, slight use. Good in slightly soiled but complete dust-wrapper. Something of a classic in the field, this is a detailed description of the raptor as both wild animal and as (semi-) domesticated hunting animal. Part I covers: The general biology of raptors; Distinguishing characteristics; Energetics; Convergent evolution; Social behaviour; Reproduction; Post fledging and mortality; Longevity; Artificial propagation; Human attitudes. Part II covers: The birds of falconry; The goshawk; Sharp-shinned hawk; Cooper's hawk; Red-tailed hawk; Ferruginous hawk; Golden eagle; American kestrel; Merlin; Prairie falcon; Gyrfalcon; Peregrine falcon. Part III is entitled Falconry and deals with: Falconry equipment; The first and best kind; Obtaining birds; Eyas versus passager; Due care and attention; Training; Hawks in the field. Part IV is entitled The Endangering of the Peregrine: A Study in Environmental Strategy. .

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Title
HAWKS, FALCONS & FALCONRY. By Frank L. Beebe.
Author
Beebe (Frank Lyman). (1914-2008).
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers. Saanichton, B.C. 1976
Publication year
1976
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0919654401
ISBN 13
9780919654402
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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Poultry & Self Sufficiency, Deer & deer stalking in the UK and abroad., Guns & gunsmithing., Field sports & the countryside., Sporting dogs - gundogs, terriers & lurchers, & hounds., Falconry & birds, Big game hunting., Natural history., Hunting & shooting., Fishing & fly-tying - flyfishing, coarse fishing & saltwater angling.

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
Machynlleth, United Kingdom SY20 8AG