MY SAN DIEGO AND HER FALCONRY. By Craig Culver.
2008 1st edition. Large 8vo (198 x 248mm). Ppvi,128. Colour photographs throughout, end-paper maps. Fully bound in blue-grey bonded leather with silver-gilt hawk motif to upper board, spine titled in silver.
"Preserving the legacy of falconer and falconry in San Diego County over the past 100 years. Raptor nesting locations, fields and quarry hunted, 258 San Diego falconers, hoods from around the world, who started it all in 1928, complete glossary." Lots of falconry in desert and scrub, catching and releasing birds, and a fascinating account of providing a one-legged red-tailed hawk with a new stainless-steel foot. Harris' hawks, ferruginous hawks, red-tailed hawks, peregrine falcons and various hybrids.
"Preserving the legacy of falconer and falconry in San Diego County over the past 100 years. Raptor nesting locations, fields and quarry hunted, 258 San Diego falconers, hoods from around the world, who started it all in 1928, complete glossary." Lots of falconry in desert and scrub, catching and releasing birds, and a fascinating account of providing a one-legged red-tailed hawk with a new stainless-steel foot. Harris' hawks, ferruginous hawks, red-tailed hawks, peregrine falcons and various hybrids.
£35.00
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Book Code
20274
| Author | Culver (Craig). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 20274 |
| ISBN | 0979840503 / 9780979840500. |
| Book Description | Slight shelf-wear but a fine new copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2008 |
| Publisher | Published by the author. |
| Place | Ramona, California. |