Publication

1994 - Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

40,500 words, Guess

Page Count

162 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivehowbirdsfly0000terr
  • ISBN-100811724433
  • ISBN-139780811724432
  • Goodreads3737776
  • Library of Congress Control Number93013746
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC598.2/1852
  • LCCQL698.7 .T4 1994

Description

John K. Terres is a former editor of Audubon Magazine. This book, based on observations of a field naturalist and the research of an ornithologist, is a detailed account of birds in flight, pointing out their beauty and natural grace as well as the technical and engineering aspects of flight. --Amazon.com.

First Sentence

ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON IN MAY, I took my peregrine falcon, The Princess, from her perch in my backyard and carried her on my fist to the edge of the village for her daily flight.

Subjects

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  • How birds flyStackpole Books1994

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