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Description: |
xi, 393 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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General Note: |
Conference sponsored by Hawk Migration Association of North America and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Analysis of individual flight patterns of migrating raptors at a break in the Kittatinny Ridge: Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania / Daniel Klem, Jr. [and others] -- Sitkagi Beach raptor migration study, spring 1982 / Ted Swem -- Fall migration of the rough-legged hawk at Marathon, Ontario / Nicholas G. Escott -- A theoretical approach to the function of flocking among soaring migrants / Paul Kerlinger -- Thermals, cloud streets, trade winds, and tropical storms : how migrating raptors make the most of atmospheric energy in Central America / Neal G. Smith -- Estimating the altitude of hawk migration / Ramon Cipriano and Paul Kerlinger -- Over-water migration of raptors : a review of the literature / Diann MacRae -- Differential migration of raptors : the importance of age and sex / Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr. -- Characteristics of autumn red-tailed hawk migration through Wisconsin / David F. Brinker and Thomas C. Erdman -- The migrating sharp-shinned hawk at Cape May Point : banding and recovery results / William S. Clark -- Autumn Cooper's hawk migration through northern Utah and northeastern Nevada, 1977-1982 / Stephen W. Hoffman -- A review of broad-winged hawk migrations / Neil W. Currie, Donald A. Hopkins and Michael Harwood -- Fall migration of barn owls at Cape May Point, New Jersey / Katharine E. Duffy -- Fall migration of golden eagles in the Wellsville Mountains, northern Utah, 1976-1979 / Stephen W. Hoffman and Wayne K. Potts -- Some uncertain aspects of migration by Swainson's hawks and turkey vultures / Neal G. Smith -- Ocean migration of peregrine falcons : is the adult male pelagic? / William W. Cochran -- Counting migrating raptors / Neal G. Smith -- Analysis of hawk migration counts for monitoring population levels / David J.T. Hussell. |
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Contents: A hawkwatching world : one in which everyone wears glasses / Leif J. Robinson -- Daily rhythm of hawk migration, noonday lulls, and counting bias : a review / Paul Kerlinger -- Soaring with statistics : quantitative information enhances hawkwatching / Guy L. Steucek -- A technique for evaluating observer efficiency in raptor migration counts / Gene Sattler and Jonathan Bart -- The effects of varying observer numbers on raptor count totals at Cape May, New Jersey / René Kochenberger and Peter J. Dunne -- Raptor counts at Braddock Bay, New York : the effects of observer coverage at auxiliary sites / Neil S. Moon and Laura W. Moon -- Implications for migration counts from telemetry studies of sharp-shinned hawks (Accipter striatus) at Cape May Point, New Jersey / A.M.A. Holthuijzen and L. Oosterhuis -- Raptor movements in California / Peter H. Bloom -- Raptor movements in inland western North America : a synthesis / Stephen W. Hoffman -- An avian migration mobile research laboratory : hawk migration studies / Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr. -- Radar methods for the study of hawk migration / Kenneth P. Able -- Autumn hawk migrations at Fort Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina / Pete Laurie and Nan C. Jenkins -- Louisiana hawk watch / Vincent G. Yurkunas -- Biogeography of New World migrant raptors : a review / David P. Mindell -- The path between North America and limbo : the "wintering grounds" syndrome and future research on migratory raptors / Neal G. Smith. |