Identifier: cu31924084757206 (find matches)
Title: The peregrine falcon at the eyrie
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Heatherley, Francis
Subjects: Peregrine falcon
Publisher: London, "Country life" (etc.) New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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eyrie, with her back to the youngsters, andpeering anxiously in all directions, he came down with a thumpon to the roof of the shed and talked to her as if assuring her of herperfect safety, while I kept very still in case any unfortunatemovement might alarm my gallant ally. After a few minutesI could breathe more freely, as he jumped down on to C and con-tinued his speech. Then she broke her gloomy silence, and seemed to be givinghim a bit of her mind. She was evidently in a towering rage, andboth together were making the most extraordinary sounds. Shehissed and clucked and he yelped and yapped. At one time shestood there hke a fury, spitting and snarling at him, her scowhnghead lowered, and with all her neck feathers bristling up she tookhalf a step forward as if for two pins she would kill him where hestood. Then both flew off. The Tiercel returned in about tenminutes, and stood by the young in the eyrie, but paid no attentionto them. He looked annoyed and disappointed. If some may
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CAUGHT WHILE COMPLETING HIS TOILET. 20 Looking at the sun makes you sneeze. think all this rather far-fetched I recommend them to watch suchwild birds at close quarters. I do not mean the broken-spiritedwretches one sees in zoos. Then he raised his wings and hoppedon to C, and preened himself for twenty-two minutes in strongsunshine. I evidently missed seeing a lot while I was getting theshelf straight, but, fortunately. King on a subsequent occasionfilled in the gaps. The Tiercel shook and fluffed himself out andburied his head among, his breast feathers, occasionally cocking hishead round, and with a child-like exprejsion, partly due to his half-closed eyes, he called to the Falcon for food. Then he sneezed twoor three times, scratched his nose with one claw, and lifted eachtalon in turn with outspread toes, peeling bits off them with hisbeak. Then he brought both feet down and raised his wings highabove his head, looking at me with a what-do-you-think-of-this? expression. Then for

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