Falcon
“Bieder ForthcomingParrotPaul CarterWhaleJoe RomanHareSimon CarnellMooseKevin JacksonFlySteven ConnorTigerSusie GreenFoxMartin Wallen CrocodileRichard FreemanCatKatharine M. RogersSpiderKatja and Sergiusz MichalskiDuckVictoria de RijkePeacockChristine JacksonSalmonPeter CoatesWolfGarry Marvin Falcon Helen Macdonald reaktion books Published byreaktion books ltd 33 Great Sutton Street London, ec1v 0dx www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2006Copyright © Helen Macdonald 2006 All rights reserved ...No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers. Printed and bound in China British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Macdonald, HelenFalcon. – (Animal)Falcons 2. Animals and civilizationTitle598.9'6isbn 1 86189 238 1 Contents Introduction 7Natural History 11Mythical Falcons 37Trained Falcons 69Threatened Falcons 106Military Falcons 136Urban Falcons 161 Timeline 188 References 190 Bibliography 198Associations and Websites 200Acknowledgements 202Photo Acknowledgements 203Index 205 ‘Ringed with the azure world’: peregrine falcon and skydiver. Introduction In 1998 Ken Franklin trained a young female peregrine falcon called Frightful to follow a free-falling speed-suited skydiver out of an aircraft door at 16,000 feet.MoreLess
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