Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks

by Paul Kerlinger

Book Overview

Hawks fly at very high altitudes, sometimes over water, and thus their flight behavior and migration patterns are extremely difficult to study. Now, based on nearly ten years of research, this book provides the most complete analysis to date of how hawks migrate. Paul Kerlinger has employed both direct observations and radar techniques to obtain a much more accurate understanding of the migratory behavior of hawks and the "decisions" they make in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226431673
• ISBN13: 9780226431673
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"