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Author:

Winn, Marie, 1936-

Title:

Red-tails in love : a wildlife drama in Central Park / Marie Winn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books,

Copyright Date:

©1998

Description:

x, 305 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Subject:

Bird watching--New York.--New York.
Red-tailed hawk--New York.--New York.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Bird watching.
Red-tailed hawk.
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--Central Park.--Central Park.

Notes:

Colored map of the Ramble (37-acre wilderness in the heart of the park) on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-292) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Falling in love -- Act I, The odd couple -- Act II, Moving to fifth -- Intermission -- Act II, Hawk mania -- Act IV, The queen is dead, long live the queen -- Curtain call -- Central Park: a wildlife almanac. Birds through the year in Central Park / by Tom Fiore. Butterflies of Central Park / by Nicholas Wagerik. Migrating hawks over Central Park / by Sharon Freedman. A taste or two along the way / by Norma Collin and Charles Kennedy.

Summary:

Follows the Regulars, a small band of nature lovers in New York's Central Park, who watch as a pair of red-tailed hawks mate and build a nest on the ledge of a Fifth Avenue apartment building.

ISBN:

9780679439974
0679439978

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37254464

LCCN:

97028417

Locations:

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo) — Copies: 13 — Kit notes: +8LP+2AV