The peregrine returns : the art and architecture of an urban raptor recovery / written by Mary Hennen and illustrated by Peggy MacNamara ; foreword by John Bates ; photos by Stephanie Ware.

Author
Hennen, Mary [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xix, 211 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm

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    Illustrator
    Writer of foreword
    Photographer
    Notes
    "Published in Association with the Field Museum."
    Contents
    • Decline of the peregrines
    • Effects of DDT
    • Reintroduction
    • Peregrine life in the city
    • Behaviors
    • Nest site selection
    • Nest fidelity
    • Flight
    • Prey
    • Banding
    • Research
    • Education
    • Peregrine dispersal
    • Cultural nest locations
    • Crib peregrines
    • Landmark buildings
    • Uptown
    • Industrial sites
    • Three of Chicago's eyries
    • Living with peregrines
    • Another opinion
    • City wildlife
    • Not a peregrine?
    • Urban green space
    • Bird-friendly architecture
    • Conservation and natural history museums
    • A species recovered.
    ISBN
    • 9780226465425 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
    • 022646542X (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    2016034614
    OCLC
    956379628
    Other standard number
    • 40027375046
    RCP
    C - S
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