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Raptors : portraits of birds of prey / Traer Scott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 128 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616895570
  • 1616895578
Other title:
  • Portraits of birds of prey
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QL677.78 .S36 2017
Summary: "This fascinating and dramatic collection of portraits reveals birds of prey as we rarely experience them: intimate and up close, photographed in Traer Scott's signature style, twenty-eight different species are represented, from the familiar to the exotic and endangered: hawks, owls, falcons, vultures, a bald eagle, a kestrel, a Mississippi Kite, and many others. Joining the full-grown birds are charming vulture and owl babies. These remarkable avians emerge as vivid personalities: wise and quizzical, graceful and enigmatic, serene and fiercely self-possessed"-- Page 4 of cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 598.9 SCO Available T00804375
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This delightful and dramatic collection of portraits reveals birds of prey as we never experience them: intimate and up close, photographed in Traer Scott's signature style. Seventy spectacular color photos present twenty-five different species, from the familiar to the exotic and endangered: hawks, owls, falcons, a bald eagle, kestrels, a Mississippi Kite, a turkey vulture, and more. Joining their elders are a fluffy baby vulture and adorable baby and juvenile great horned owls. The birds in this remarkable collection emerge as personalities, not just types: wise and quizzical, graceful and enigmatic, serene and fiercely self-possessed. A personal introduction describes Scott's process and connection to the birds, and captions detail the characteristics and habits of these incredible winged creatures.

"This fascinating and dramatic collection of portraits reveals birds of prey as we rarely experience them: intimate and up close, photographed in Traer Scott's signature style, twenty-eight different species are represented, from the familiar to the exotic and endangered: hawks, owls, falcons, vultures, a bald eagle, a kestrel, a Mississippi Kite, and many others. Joining the full-grown birds are charming vulture and owl babies. These remarkable avians emerge as vivid personalities: wise and quizzical, graceful and enigmatic, serene and fiercely self-possessed"-- Page 4 of cover.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This book certainly lives up to its title--it is filled with exceptionally good photographic portraits of various eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures, and owls. Scott is an animal photographer with several books to her credit. For this current project, she visited several facilities housing raptors, including rehabilitation centers. All the photographs within this work are of birds living in these facilities, and most were made against black backgrounds; consequently, there is nothing particularly natural about the portraits. Biological notes are featured on some of the plates, but beyond comments of general interest, little information is given to readers. Overall, this is a coffee-table book--and a nice one. Birders will enjoy turning the pages because of the high quality of the photography. However, most science libraries or other readers in academia will probably pass on this one because it will not be of much use in a research environment. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers only. --Paul K. Lago, University of Mississippi

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