Nocturnal hunting by Peregrine Falcons at the Empire State Building, New York City

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  DeCandido, Robert ^a,c   Allen, Deborah ^b  

^a Hawk Mountain Sanctuary   (United States)

^b Peter Stuyvesant Station   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 33646504883     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491(2006)118[0053:NHBPFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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