Identifier: cu31924084757206 (find matches)
Title: The peregrine falcon at the eyrie
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Heatherley, Francis
Subjects: Peregrine falcon
Publisher: London, "Country life" (etc.) New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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by the young. If the Falcon is deadit will be interesting to see if the Tiercel does any hunting. At1.20 I can hear a rock pipit flying about in alarm. I cannot hearthe Tiercels wings, but he may be hunting as he has stoppedcalling. At 1.30 p.m. he arrived with a whole unplucked puffln.They were simply ravenous, and pressed on him so that he was drivenwith his back to the wall. Becoming cramped for room he draggedthe puffin through the crowd into the right corner of the eyrie. Atthe beginning of this meal, which lasted twenty-six minutes, heate several mouthfuls himself, disregarding their convulsive grabsand cries. Once he picked the bird up in his beak as if to leave,but it was only to get more room in the middle of the eyrie. Pre-sently a young female retired hors de combat to the mallow leaves,but still whimpering. She, however, came back to the scramblein a few minutes, and her place by the mallow leaves was taken bya young male, but as his crop seemed by no means full I was not
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5 ° o ^, s ^ I a s (_, fe ■^ ,s I ■-I ■§ w <g a- o w ^ & *• Ad ■< CO h ^ en « 4^ / fear your mother has met a policeman. surprised by his almost immediate return to the family circle. TheTiercel seemed to waste nothing, and gave abundant mouthfulsof feathers all round. One negative was taken specially to showthis. It also shows what I did not notice at the time, the thirdeyelid giving his eye a filmy appearance. At one time he stoppedfeeding them, and stepping aside, stood panting with his exertions.I took this also. After the Tiercel had left, the young male whohad received least food, began to peck at the puffins foot as if thecolour attracted him, and he lifted the remains up, but, of course,as soon as he opened his mouth to swallow the foot dropped. At2.25 the Tiercel was crying for food, seconded by the hungry youngmale. At 2.50 the young male was again attracted by the puffinsorange foot, and tried several times to swallow it. Once he drewhimself up to his

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