Raptors of the West: Captured in Photographs
Winner. Raptors of the West Captured in Photographs. By Kate Davis, Rob Palmer and Nick Dunlop. Mountain Press Publishing, Missoula, MT ISBN 9780878425754This is a book of action photography and it will rock your socks! The cover draws you in immediately: two bald eagles, talons spread and about to lock, one above and one below upside down, yellow eyes glaring: the tumbling, breathtaking violence of a fight over food captured in a timeless manner. Raptors is a type of book that you can read in parts when time permits. By design, there s no overarching text, rather each of the photos have instructive captions which explain the behavior pictured. Quite simply, it s among some of the best action bird photography ever published. --National Outdoor Book Awards