The Bald Eagle by Jack E. Davis - 9781631495250

Name: The Bald Eagle by Jack E. Davis - 9781631495250
Brand: W W Norton & Co Ltd

W W Norton & Co Ltd

The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you\u2019re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as \u201Cmajestic\u201D and \u201Cnoble\u201D yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the United States\u2019 founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction.\nFilled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers and the lives of bald eagles themselves\u2014monogamous creatures, considered among the\n\nThe Bald Eagle \u2013 The Improbable Journey of America\u2032s Bird\nThe Improbable Journey of America's Bird\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new;