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RAPTORS OF NEW MEXICO. Edited by JeanLuc E. Cartron. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, USA, 2010: 710 pages, more than 650 color photographs, 41 color range maps, eight black and white photographs, and 17 figures. ISBN: 978-0-8263-4145-7. $50.00 (hard cover).Dr. Cartron enlisted 41 other raptor enthusiasts to help write this definitive volume on the diurnal and nocturnal raptors of New Mexico. Jean-Luc Cartron was born and raised in France, where he earned a MD. After traveling the world, he ended up in New Mexico and, for > 10 years, has studied raptors and other birds there. He earned a Ph.D. in biology from the University of New Mexico and is now a research associate at that institution.
The stated purpose of this book is to present information from a variety of sources, including publications, reports, field notes, etc., well augmented with photographs, maps, tables, and charts, to fully describe the raptors of New Mexico. This large format tome begins with a...