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Contents

Foreword xi Prologue xiv

Part One: Finding the Path

1: ails of Childhood 3 2: A Year at the Zoo 9 3: Peregrine eachers 16 4: Climbing the Hill 19 5: Opportunity Knocks 24 6: Project Eve 30

Part Two: 1976

7: Beginnings 37 8: Never Look Down 41 9: Welcome Party 47 10: First Supper 52 11: A Rocky Start 57 12: Flying Solo 61 13: Search and Rescue 69 14: A Sudden Goodbye 76 15: Eagle Politics 81 16: Without a Stetson 85

Part Three: 1977

17: Changes 93 18: Escape Artists 100 19: Five’s a Crowd 106 20: Return Home 110 21: A Moment in the Sun 118 22: Te Waiting Game 125

Part Four: Beyond Eagles

23: Te Next Chapter 131 24: A Second Refuge 138 25: From Field to Classroom 147

Part Five: Eagles Aloft

26: Proof of Success 157 27: A Special Eagle 163 28: Coming Home: Montezuma 2022 167

Epilogue 179 Acknowledgments 185