The Rites of Autumn: A Falconer's Journey Across the American West G10 long after the last shot

long after the last shot has been fired

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London: John Lane

You'll see the classic rifles hunters used

The Rites of Autumn: A Falconer's Journey Across the American West G10 long after the last shotHardcover, 192 Pages. 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