Eagles

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

Eagles symbolize all that is powerful and free. We visualize them
soaring over remote wilderness peaks, or snatching salmon from pristine
mountain rivers with their great talons. We visualize them as wild and
majestic, a role model for the human spirit.

David Jones gives us this picture in all its vivid detail: the keen
eyesight, the strong beak, the slashing talons, the dramatic aerial
acrobatics. Then he shows us the effects of pesticides, of lead
poisoning, and of loss of habitat.

With a tight yet detailed text and a gallery of dynamic color photos,
Jones introduces the life history of North America’s two species of
eagle, the golden and the bald.

The photos have to be seen to be believed. Jones has assembled the best
from a dozen professional photographers—more than 55 color photos, all
of which command attention for their quality and drama. One can feel the
wind from the mighty wing beats and smell the carrion.

Jones’s empathy for eagles is contagious, and his knowledge of them
is rock solid. The text is clean and user-friendly, with just enough
detail and drama to keep the pages turning. This work has the potential
to be a very effective tool in the effort to stop the destruction of our
wilderness resources.