{"product_id":"the-crossley-id-guide-raptors-9780691157405","title":"The Crossley Id Guide: Raptors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revolutionary, comprehensive, and authoritative photographic guide to North America's raptors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the revolutionary \u003ci\u003eCrossley ID Guide\u003c\/i\u003e series, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs--scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts do. Experienced birders use the most easily observed and consistent characteristics--size, shape, behavior, probability, and general color patterns. The book's 101 scenes--including thirty-five double-page layouts--provide a complete picture of how these features are all related. Even the effects of lighting and other real-world conditions are illustrated and explained. Detailed and succinct accounts from two of North America's foremost raptor experts, Jerry Liguori and Brian Sullivan, stress the key identification features. This complete picture allows everyone from beginner to expert to understand and enjoy what he or she sees in the field. The mystique of bird identification is eliminated, allowing even novice birders to identify raptors quickly and simply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive and authoritative, the book covers all thirty-four of North America's diurnal raptor species (all species except owls). Each species is featured in stunning color plates that show males and females, in a full spectrum of ages and color variants, depicted near and far, in flight and at rest, and from multiple angles, all caught in their typical habitats. There are also comparative, multispecies scenes and mystery photographs that allow readers to test their identification skills, along with answers and full explanations in the back of the book. In addition, the book features an introduction, and thirty-four color maps accompany the plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a novice or an expert, this one-of-a-kind guide will show you an entirely new way to look at these spectacular birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most complete guide to North American raptors, written by some of the foremost experts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first raptor guide using Richard Crossley's acclaimed, innovative composite images that show birds as they actually appear in the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e101 stunning color plates--including thirty-five double-page layouts--composed from thousands of photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComparative, multispecies plates and photos of mystery species that allow readers to test their growing identification skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete with introduction, 34 color maps, and detailed species accounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e-- \"Birdwatching Magazine\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691157405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.83h x 7.68w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Outdoor Book Awards - Honorable Mention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2013 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Crossley, Jerry Liguori, Brian L. Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36640128729244,"sku":"9780691157405","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_02cc49d0-f705-46b9-9bae-f437da0cfd8c.jpg?v=1603851455","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-crossley-id-guide-raptors-9780691157405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}