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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact.

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Week 31: Visits to Hart Mountain, Malheur and the surrounding areas.

10,000 Birds

My second morning at the headquarters, one of these beautiful owls swooped right over my head, in an effort to snag a small Cottontail Rabbit that was nibbling on the lawn. Next week we will continue north towards Idaho, and the Grand Teton area, and then finish the week in Yellowstone National Park. The bunny got away.

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