Soaring Eagles

Charlotte Guillain

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How high up do golden eagles build their nests? Can a golden eagle really spot its prey from miles away? How does a golden eagle catch its prey? This title takes a fun look at golden eagles through engaging photos and lively text.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406268799
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Guillain, Charlotte. Soaring eagles. -- (Walk on the wild side) 598.9’42-dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Corbis pp. 14 (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov); FLPA pp. 21 (David Tipling), 23 (Harri Taavetti), 27 (Michael Callan); Getty Images pp. 9 (Oxford Scientific/Gavin Parsons), 17 (National Geographic/Klaus Nigge); Nature Picture L brary pp. 4 (© Matthew Maran), 5 (© Edwin Giesbers), 7 (© Roy Mangersnes), 10 (© Pete Cairns), 11 (© Hanne & Jens Eriksen), 13© David Tipling, 15 (© Roy Mangersnes), 16 (© Tony Heald), 18 (© Pete Cairns), 20 (© Angelo Gandolfi), 24 (© Grzegorz Lesniewski), 25 (© Louis Gagnon), 26 (© Wild Wonders of Europe/Shpilenok), 28 (© Luis Quinta), 29 (© Markus Varesvuo); Photoshot p. 22 (© NHPA/Jaanus Jarva); Shutterstock pp. 8 (janbugno), 12 (© Paul van den Berg), 19 (© Rihardzz).

Cover photograph of an American Bald Eagle reproduced with permission of Getty Images (Rolf Hicker).

We would like to thank Michael Bright for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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