The Peregrine by J. A. Baker

The Peregrine : Paperback : The New York Review of Books, Inc : 9781590171332 : 1590171330 : 30 Jan 2005 : This extraordinary, poetic portrait of two peregrine falcons is one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published. From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and ...... Mehr