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Author:	Marie Winn	Format:	Hardcover
Publisher:	Random House Inc	Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	0679439978	ISBN-13:	9780679439974
Educational Level:	--	Product Type:	--
Publication Year:	1998	Subject:	--
Language:	English	Condition:	Good

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A chronicle of the activities of not only hawks but various other fauna that inhabit Central Park: squirrels, chickadees, woodpeckers, pigeons, along with the dedicated people who watch over them and some of the celebrities whose own nests are nearby. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Length:	305 pages
Height:	8.8 in.
Width:	6.0 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	16.8 oz.

Publisher's Note
Marie Winn is our guide into a secret world, a true wilderness in the heart of a city. The scene is New Yorks Central Park, but the rich natural history that emerges here--the loons, raccoons, woodpeckers, owls, and hundreds of visiting songbirds--will appeal to wildlife lovers everywhere. At its heart is the saga of the Fifth Avenue hawks, which begins as a love story and develops into a full-fledged mystery.At the outset of our journey we meet the Regulars, a small band of nature lovers who devote themselves to the park and its wildlife. As they watch Pale Male, a remarkable young red-tailed hawk, woo and win his first mate, they are soon transformed into addicted hawk-watchers. From a bench at the parks model-boat pond they observe the hawks building a nest in an astonishing spot--a high ledge of a Fifth Avenue building three floors above Mary Tyler Moores apartment and across the street from Woody Allen's.The drama of the Fifth Avenue hawks--hunting, courting, mating, and striving against great odds to raise a family in their unprecedented nest site--is alternately hilarious and heartbreaking. Red-Tails in Love will delight and inspire readers for years to come. The scene is New York's Central Park, but the rich natural history that emerges here - the loons, raccoons, woodpeckers, owls, and hundreds of visiting songbirds - will appeal to wildlife lovers everywhere. At its heart is the saga of the Fifth Avenue hawks, which begins as a love story and develops into a full-fledged mystery. At the outset of our journey we meet the Regulars, a small band of nature lovers who devote themselves to the park and its wildlife. As they watch Pale Male, a remarkable young red-tailed hawk, woo and win his first mate, they are soon transformed into addicted hawk-watchers. From a bench at the park's model-boat pond they observe the hawks building a nest in an astonishing spot - a high ledge of a Fifth Avenue building three floors above Mary Tyler Moore's apartment and across the street from Woody Allen's.
Industry reviews
"Winn writes with great knowledge of the habits of the park's wildlife, but she is equally observant, slyly so, of the tendencies of the human species....Written with warmth and modesty, a great book for birders and nature readers, as well as an interesting portrait of New Yorkers." Holt "Casting her story as a drama in four acts, Winn...makes a spirited case for anthropormophism." Clark

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Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park

Marie Winn

Book Notes:
Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	0679439978
Publication Date:	1998-03-17
Publisher:	Pantheon

Pages:	305
Height:	1.0800 inches
Width:	5.8800 inches
Weight:	1.0700 pounds

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