The Rites of Autumn - Hardcover

O'Brien, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002234580 ISBN 13: 9780002234580

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

The Rites Of Autumn

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Dan O'Brien spent the summer of 1986 in the Rocky Mountains releasing young peregrine falcons on the mountain cliffs. When one of his release sites was raided by a golden eagle, he managed to save a peregrine chick, and decided to make an improbable two-thousand-mile trip with the surviving young falcon, Dolly. From the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, following the autumnal migration of waterfowl, O'Brien taught her to hunt as a wild falcon would, in the hopes of releasing her into the natural world. The Rites of Autumn is the riveting account of their incredible journey. (51/2 X 81/4, 208 pages, map)

Synopsis:

This book describes O'Brien's training of a specific falcon in 1986, according to traditional methods, while following the birds' autumnal migration route from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. The author has taken part in several government programmes to save the peregrine from extinction and has written "Eminent Domain" and "Spirit of the Hills".

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0002234580
• ISBN 13: 9780002234580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192