peregrine falcons

Contains facts about falcons and hawks, comparing such aspects as their sizes and abilities, and what the outcome would be if they were to fight each other.

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

Relates the true story of a peregrine falcon named Maggie,who was injured during a flying accident early in her life and lost one eye as a result, and her rescue and rehabilitation to be an education bird in a wildlife sanctuary.

"Retells the story of several generations of peregrine falcons and the efforts of scientists and volunteers to save the endangered species as the raptors are raised in a sanctuary and reintegrated into the wild."--From OCLC.

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

Alan Tennant chronicles his efforts to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon, from the Texas barrier islands through their springtime flight north to the Arctic, and then back south through Mexico, Belize, and into the Caribbean.

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

Fifteen-year-old Addy, a lowly servant in 1913 London, gets inside an elevator car in her employer's study and is suddenly transported to a castle in 1240 where she finds she has been mistaken for the lord's intended bride.

Follows a fictional peregrine falcon on her two-month, eight thousand-mile migration from Alaska to Argentina, with text and illustrations showing what actual peregrine falcons encounter on their annual journeys.

Describes the physical traits and behavioral habits of this bird of prey.