"Pete Dunne mixes humorous anecdotes and whimsical analogies into the life history accounts of our North American birds of prey, intertwining history from our early ornithologists with current knowledge. – Bill Clark, coauthor of the Peterson Field Guide to Hawks of North America "What do you get when you combine Pete Dunne's clear and evocative writing on birds of prey research with stunning raptor photographs selected and arranged by Kevin Karlson? A superb raptor book!" Like a good field guide, Birds of Prey is authoritative and utilitarian and like our finest nature writing, Dunne's prose is lyrical, sensitive, and full of feeling." No more! Pete Dunne's new book skillfully conjoins those two genres. "Books about raptors used to fall into two major categories: field guides versus nature writing. – David Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds He weaves together personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and technical information to create something greater than the sum of all of its parts: a beautiful, authoritative, and engagingly written guide to the natural history of North American hawks." "Exhaustively researched and complemented by a stunning collection of photos, the real highlight of this book is Pete Dunne's writing. – Grant McCreary (06-05-2017), read the full review at The Birder's Library Whether you read it at home or during lulls at your favorite hawk watch, whether it would be your first book about raptors or you already have a shelf full of them, it deserves a place in your library." Maybe." Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America is by far the most interesting, I would go as far as to say gripping, way of learning about these birds. It almost makes sense, and the information is so specific, one almost must weigh the rumor as viable. And a maddened crime lord hunting a teenager of (we assume) relative obscurity for somehow stealing some nudes definitely tracks with a dark, violent antihero comedy. If we take a long, long step back and view this idea from the widest, least immediately-prejudicial view possible, the idea of a Snatch-like journey to recover a boondoggle of trivial value is actually kind of entertaining. Because the only logical way any nudes could be kept safe from gastrointestinal destruction is to. No, that's not all - the pictures are somehow, somehow stored within the confines of a diamond. According to a couple of alleged plot leaks, the MacGuffin of the film is rumored to be a collection of nude pictures of Black Mask that Cassandra Cain somehow gets a hold of and then eats to hide the evidence. one bit of more specific rumor-slash-potential-spoiler content floating around the internet, though without any context, it is both difficult to believe or understand. Cassandra Cain isn't the only Batgirl, after all - she isn't even the first one. Her attachment to the script is a recent one, however, so it's doubtful there has ever been any original intent to link Batgirl and Birds of Prey. It's difficult to tell at this juncture if the movie will set her on the path to a bat-career, but Birds of Prey screenwriter Christine Hodson is also in charge of the Batgirl script (which currently has no known director, plot, or release date). Comic-savvy people coming to the movie will know Cassandra Cain eventually becomes one of the several Batgirls under Batman's tutelage. Meanwhile, Ella Jay Basco will play Cassandra Cain. Ali Wong has been cast in an unnamed supporting role as "an associate" of Detective Montoya, which conjures a few eye-emojis on our part. Rosie Perez will play Detective Renee Montoya, a hard-scrabble Gotham PD veteran who became a particular fan favorite as an icon of gay representation in comics. The supporting cast is equally intriguing.
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