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Title: Home is where the peregrine is. Post by: Paul Hamilton on 27-Jan-12, 02:44:50 PM This week, I'm in the high desert, far from home. The work is exhausting and stressful, but, after work, I get to stay on the top floor of a fifteen story building with a Peregrine Falcon in residence. It's a good feeling to drift off to sleep, knowing that a peregrine is guarding your territory, possibly right outside your room.
This morning, I had breakfast with her. She was only a few feet away, separated by a window and a little concrete. Feathers rained down like theatrical snow. with the distant Badlands as a backdrop. Afterward, she dove off the building, plunging down half way to the ground to build speed, then spreading her wings to soar into the distance. An hour later, when I left the building, the falcon had returned and become a protective gargoyle on the roof. I watched for about fifteen minutes as she preened. I wished her blue skies and good hunting until we meet again. Paul Title: Re: Home is where the peregrine is. Post by: Donna on 27-Jan-12, 02:55:43 PM Sounds like a book!! I'd read it! Lucky you Paul. Imagine that! Is this a top secret place? :secret2:
Title: Re: Home is where the peregrine is. Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 27-Jan-12, 03:03:21 PM Splendid, Paul!!
Title: Re: Home is where the peregrine is. Post by: Lynne in New Hampshire on 27-Jan-12, 03:17:13 PM Badlands! South Dakota? That's my guess!! :wave:
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