12/31/2023 0 Comments Raptor identificationAlong with the insights of co-authors and renowned raptor experts Jerry Liguori and Brian Sullivan, Crossley presents the 34 diurnal raptors of North America in stunning detail, combining conversational text and rich composite photographs to create an identification guide that birders of all experience levels can not only learn from but also enjoy, appreciate and read over and over again, rediscovering raptors on every page."-Melissa Mayntz, Birding/Wild Birds ![]() "Richard Crossley takes his innovative approach to bird identification to the next level with The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors. However, The Crossley ID Guide to Raptors breaks new ground in the evolution of bird identification guides."-Wayne Mones, Audubon blog My library includes a several outstanding raptor guides, which I will continue to use. Follow this prescription and show up at your next hawk watch ready to hold your own against the pros. Leave it on your coffee table or bed stand and study it. "If you love raptors and want to improve your identification skills buy this book. Crossley's charm lies in setting these birds against photographic dioramas-when was the last time you saw an urban skyline in a bird guide?"-Dominique Browning, New York Times Book Review He is eBird project leader and photographic editor of the Birds of North America Online at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, as well as photographic editor for the American Birding Association's journal, North American Birds. Brian Sullivan is the coauthor of the forthcoming Princeton Guide to North American Birds. He has been studying raptors throughout North America for more than twenty-five years and has conducted hawk counts at numerous spring and fall migration sites. Jerry Liguori is the author of Hawks from Every Angle and Hawks at a Distance (both Princeton). He is also a coauthor of The Shorebird Guide and the cofounder of the Pledge to Fledge global birding initiative, and he is working on multiple birding projects involving mixed media and new technologies such as birdcams. ![]() Richard Crossley is an internationally acclaimed birder and photographer and the award-winning author of The Crossley ID Guide series (Princeton/Crossley Books), which has been recognized for its pioneering approach to bird identification.
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