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CALIFORNIA WILD

Fall 1997
Vol. 50:4

Renowned for their keen vision, raptors such as this red-tailed hawk can home in on scurrying prey from high above.

Photograph by Dennis Sheridan.

Departments
Horizons
Evolution on the Fast Track
•Blake Edgar

Habitats
Fort Irwin Assault: Right! Left! or About-face?
•Gordy Slack

Reviews
Ten Indispensable Guides to Wild California

Counterpoints in Science
California's Fronteir Reasearch
•Jerold M. Lowenstein

Here at the Academy
Terra Non-Firma
•Gordy Slack

Features
Soaring With Hawks
The migratory routes of 19 raptor species crisscross California. Volunteers track their progress to gain insights into the lives of these majestic birds.
•Peter Steinhart

At Home in the
Natural World
Skyguide
When Worlds Align
•Bing F. Quock

Naturalist's Almanac
What to See This Fall
•Gordy Slack and Jonathan Randall

Not available online:
East Bay Wild
Photographers Galen Rowell and Michael Sewell reveal the region's color-rich landscape and insistent wildlife in their new book Bay Area Wild.
•Galen Rowell

Phantoms of the Twilight Zone
As an unmanned submersible decends through Monterey Canyon, it sends back images of fantastic creatures living in a world without light or boundaries.
•Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Where the White-Sided Dolphins Play
From her remote Canadian outpost, the author ponders the sudden arrival of Pacific white-sided dolphins and their surprising encounters with killer whales.
•Alexandra Morton

Science Track
Skeletons in the Classroom
•David Rolland

Wild Lives
Mountain Beavers
•Barbara Sleeper