Dr. Doug Wechsler, a wildlife biologist, ornithologist, and photographer, has written this wonderful series on birds of prey. Each book includes an introduction to a bird: its size, color, and habitat; its hunting, eating, and migration habits; how and where it builds its nest, and its survival strategies. Clear, accessible, and often humorous text is combined with spectacular photography from VIREO, the Visual Resources for Ornithology, and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, to create books that will delight and inform your students.From the opening page in which the reader is presented with a peregrine falcon dive-bombing a flock of sandpipers at over 150 miles (241 km) per hour, this dynamic book will grab and hold the reader's interest to the final page. Students will learn about this predator's history from its role as a hunting bird for Asian noblemen 2,500 years ago to its recent triumphant comeback from near extinction.