falconry

As June Pritchard trained her sparrow hawk, Zander, to prepare for his adult life she chafed at her mother's insistence that she assume the responsibilities of her own increasing age.

An introduction to basic falconry that provides information on the different types of birds and their individual characteristics, the necessary equipment, and the care and handling of the birds.

Rain, a stained glass designer despite laws banning women from that craft, and Peri, whose family of falconers are untouchables scorned by all, join forces and hope their love will keep them safe from prejudices and looming disaster.

The author brings back characters from her classic "My Side of the Mountain" in this story about a falcon chick named Oksi, one of Frightful's babies, who is rescued and nursed through her first winter by Sam, a boy who lives alone, at one with nature, on a mountain nearby.

In twelfth-century England, Matty grows up to be a master falconer, able to communicate with the devoted birds who later help her and Fynn, also known as Robin Hood, to foil Prince John's plot to steal the crown.

A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him.