Presents an illustrated guide to raptors, or birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and owls, and contains information on habitat, migration, hunting strategies, and descriptions of physical characteristics.

"This field guide highlights 100 birds of prey found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding of these creatures and will be able to identify them in the wild." --publisher's website.

"Birds of Prey is a field guide to the 55 birds of prey in North America. Anatomically correct illustrations of the birds in flight and on the ground, with each animal's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat, make it easy to identify birds in your backyard ... and wildlife areas."--Back cover.

"Engaging images accompany information about vultures. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds-such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons-that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every continent except Antarctica and can thrive in seemingly inhospitable spots such as deserts and the tundra. They have powerful talons and hooked beaks for cutting and tearing meat, and keen binocular...

"Powerful eyesight, massive talons, and sharp, hooked beaks--birds of prey are built to survive! Close-up photos of these serious predators will grab readers' attention as they learn how these birds hunt their prey. Fantastic photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read and a useful resource for report writing."--

"Engaging images accompany information about owls. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

"One of American Birding Podcast's Best Bird Books of 2018 (Donna Schulman & Nate Swick)" Brian K. Wheeler has been studying, painting, and photographing birds of prey throughout the United States and Canada for more than fifty years. He is the illustrator of Hawks of North America (Peterson Field Guides), the coauthor and photographer of A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Princeton), and the author and photographer of Raptors of Eastern...

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by leading field-guide illustrator, photographer, and author Brian Wheeler, the guides depict an enormous range of variations of age, sex, color, and plumage, and feature a significant amount of plumage...

A young swallow leads a band of birds against an empire of raptors that has invaded Boston.