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Understanding the Bird of Prey is aimed at everyone working hands-on with raptors. Falconers, breeders, conservationists, racing enthusiasts and rehabilitators will all find it invaluable. Building on the original 1995 edition, this new volume is almost twice the size, with 360 new photos and 206 technical illustrations. It includes a new section on falconry - flying trained falcons at robotic prey - and a section on ethics for those dealing with thorny issues surrounding the conservation and management of raptors.
Each of the 11 chapters has been peer-reviewed by independent specialists and is supported by its own bibliography. Accompanying this book are ten 90-minute modular films on managing birds of prey, together with additional films from real-life conservation projects.
Dr. Nick Fox, OBE has been a professional raptor biologist since 1975, running conservation programs in UK, New Zealand, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan and elsewhere as Director of Falcon Research and Management for the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi. A lifelong farming conservationist and falcon breeder, he has managed the Northumberland Crow Falcons for thirty years, hawking on horseback. Dr. Fox has published many scientific papers and organised the four largest International Festivals of Falconry. He wrote the initial submission to UNESCO resulting in Falconry being inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mankind.
In recent years he has developed robotic prey for falcons and organised races at Vowley, the Home of British Falcon Racing. He received the OBE for services to Falconry and the Conservation of Birds of Prey in 2014.
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIRD OF PREY: NEW ADVANCED EDITION. By Nick Fox. 2022 Second Revised Edition.
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Cambria Books. Carmarthen. 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 0957679130
ISBN 13: 9780957679139
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Zustand: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2022). (1995) 2022 new advanced edition. Large 4to (220 x 287mm). Pp554. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w line illustrations, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Fine new hardback, signed by the author. A big heavy book! The New Advanced Edition of the classic 1995 Understanding the Bird of Prey by Dr Nick Fox is an essential reference book for raptor enthusiasts. A new section includes the use of robotic prey for training and racing and an up to date bibliography is given for each chapter. The eleven peer-reviewed chapters include Anatomy, Breeding, Equipment, Behaviour, Training, Hunting Strategies, Hawking, and Ethics. Essential reading for the truly informed. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 57428
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