Books & Other Publications
SIGNED BOOKS AND CALENDAR: Signed copies are available for the current
publications listed below. Prices are as shown and include shipping.
Use the contact information below to obtain more details.
FUTURE BOOKS: 2nd edition of Peterson Field Guides®:Hawks,
features 40 all-new color plates by me and revised text by Bill
Clark and myself. Hawks is scheduled for publication in 2000.
I am also in the process of writing Field Guides To Eastern/Western Raptors.
These pocket-sized, softcover photoguides
will feature 400 of my color photos; extensive text; and
large, detailed, color range maps. Both are scheduled
to be published by Academic Press in 2001.
Hawks on the Wing: 2000 Calendar
by Brian K. Wheeler
Tide-Mark, August 1999
12 full-color photos of North American Hawks
14 x 11 inches (14 x 22 inches unfolded)
Signed Copy Price: $14 (includes shipping)
A regal symbol and a source of imaging for centuries,
hawks have legendary eyesight and strength. As predators,
they occupy a vital ecological niche. Soar with
Hawks on the Wing 2000, and imagine playing on the
updrafts and seeing with the eyes of a hawk.
Brian Wheeler shares his images and knowledge of hawks
in this new calendar with wings.
Sales benefit the nonprofit American Birding Association.
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A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors
by Brian K. Wheeler and William S. Clark
Academic Press, 1995
42 species, 198 pages, 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Color Photos
Signed Hardcover Price: $33 (includes shipping)
Signed Softcover Price: $23 (new)
Meant as a complement to "Hawks", this guide includes
377 high quality color photographs of "every recognizably
different plumage of each species of regularly occurring
diurnal raptor". Photos show birds both perched and in flight.
Text focuses on descriptions of field marks including
contrasts with similar species.
In addition to the species accounts there is a
section on 14 raptor identification problems with
accompanying photographs.
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Peterson Field Guides®: Hawks
by William S. Clark and Brian K. Wheeler
Houghton Mifflin, 1987
39 species, 198 pages, 4.5 x 7.25 inches, Cloth
Color Illustrations, B&W photos, Range Maps
Signed Softcover Price: $21 (includes shipping)
Traditional field guide covering diurnal raptors both
perched and in flight. Species account text
includes a brief description, field marks, plumages, similar species,
flight, behavior, voice, status and distribution.
Detailed color illustrations show close views
of birds both perched and in flight. Black and white
photos show the birds perched and in flight.
Complements "Photographic Guide".
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