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    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon
    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon
    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon

    Written by Alan Tennant

    Narrated by Alan Tennant

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    About this audiobook

    In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon -- an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths.
    On the Wing transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands -- where the tundra falcons pause during their springtime journey north -- to the Arctic, and then south, through Mexico, Belize, and into the Caribbean, in a hilariously picaresque and bumpy flight. At the helm is Tennant's partner in falcon-chasing, George Vose, a septuagenarian World War II vet who trusts his instincts as much as his instruments. As the two men nearly lose their lives and run afoul of the law in the race to keep their birds in view and their rattletrap Cessna gassed up and running, Tennant renders with gorgeous precision and skill the landscape and wildlife they pass on the way and the falcons that direct their course.
    On the Wing is a breathtaking encounter with these majestic birds -- the icons of pharaohs, Oriental emperors, and European nobility -- whose fierce mien, power, and swiftness have fired the human imagination for centuries. This is an unforgettable tale that speaks to all our dreams of flight.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2004
    ISBN9780743543040
    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon
    Author

    Alan Tennant

    Alan Tennant is the author of numerous books on wildlife and nature, including The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas, which won the Southern Book Award, Western Books Award, and Best Nonfiction Honors from the Texas Institute of Letters. He currently lives in West Texas and conducts natural history trips around the world.

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    • 3/5
      An interesting story about a naturalist who enlists the aid of an aging WWII pilot to help him track a wild tundra peregrine through her perilous migration from the barrier islands of South Texas to her nesting grounds in the cliffs of the tundra. This account includes a nice mix of the ancient history of falconry, light plane aviation technology, and avian biology.
    • 4/5
      An interesting story about a naturalist who enlists the aid of an aging WWII pilot to help him track a wild tundra peregrine through her perilous migration from the barrier islands of South Texas to her nesting grounds in the cliffs of the tundra. This account includes a nice mix of the ancient history of falconry, light plane aviation technology, and avian biology. The quest grows from a one-time whim, to a several year odyssey spanning Alaska, Canada, the western/mid-western and southern US and, eventually, reaches all the way down to Belize. This book is a sure bet for falconers, birders, naturalists, environmentalists, toxicologists, etc. but I'm many others would enjoy it as well. Recommend.
    • 5/5
      If you are a birder or naturalist, and enjoy travel adventure stories, you'll like this book. Although there is quite a bit about peregrines I think one ends up learning more about human nature and how our activities affect other species.