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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a terrific story about a very interesting bird, a peregrine falcon named Fedget. The book is about a young falcon that is in captivity and learns to fly for the first time. I think this story would be a great introduction to the physics of flight. I really enjoyed this book because peregrine falcons are a big deal in our family and my children talk about them all the time. If anyone in our family mentions how fast something is the first comment is always "it is not as fast as a peregrine falcon". no reviews | add a review
Fidget is a young peregrine falcon eager to try out her newly feathered wings. She and her brother, Echo, have been raised in an incubator until their eggs hatched by a caring falconer, and are now living in a cozy nesting box. The falconer, one of many who were concerned about the plight of the birds due to the use of DDT in North America, raised baby peregrines to help introduce them back into the wild to increase their population. for over a decade. When the nesting box is opened to release the birds, Fidget, the bolder of the two, ventures cautiously into the world to try her wingsand finds some adventure during her first flight. Published in cooperation with the Raptor Education Foundation, whose mission is to educate the public about the plight of peregrine falcons and other raptors. Stacey Patterson received a B.A. in biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She began an apprenticeship with a licensed falconer in 1988, and became a volunteer with South Bay Wildlife Rehab where she did raptor rehabilitation and participated in educational presentations. She became focused on the peregrine in 1995 when she turned a wild rescue bird into an adept educator and has never looked back. She lives with her husband Mark and a furred and feathered menagerie in Torrence, CA. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)598.9Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Birds Raptors, birds of preyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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