Hope for the Peregrine

On an otherwise calm and still morning, when the chink of hardware and the grunts of his own exertions are the only sounds to assail a climber's ears, a great wind may suddenly well up overhead, transfix him to the rock and, in the wink of an eye, disappear. It is as though sonle unseen force h...

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Main Author: Brass, Danny
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 1986
Subjects:
Ornithology
Veterinary Medicine
peregrine falcon
Online Access:https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastate_veterinarian/vol48/iss1/13
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spelling ftiowastateuniv:oai:lib.dr.iastate.edu:iowastate_veterinarian-3188 2023-05-15T17:55:12+02:00 Hope for the Peregrine Brass, Danny 1986-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastate_veterinarian/vol48/iss1/13 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3188&context=iowastate_veterinarian unknown Iowa State University Digital Repository https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastate_veterinarian/vol48/iss1/13 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3188&context=iowastate_veterinarian Iowa State University Veterinarian Ornithology Veterinary Medicine text 1986 ftiowastateuniv 2018-11-26T01:00:55Z On an otherwise calm and still morning, when the chink of hardware and the grunts of his own exertions are the only sounds to assail a climber's ears, a great wind may suddenly well up overhead, transfix him to the rock and, in the wink of an eye, disappear. It is as though sonle unseen force had thrust through the atmosphere and a small measure of sky had been abruptly sucked out of existence. A slight quivering of air and flesh may linger for some moments after the reality has passed. The event, of course, has marked the swift and sure stoop of the peregrine falcon along the cliff face, in its unending quest for food to feed its young. Text peregrine falcon Digital Repository @ Iowa State University
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Veterinary Medicine
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Veterinary Medicine
Brass, Danny
Hope for the Peregrine
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Veterinary Medicine
description On an otherwise calm and still morning, when the chink of hardware and the grunts of his own exertions are the only sounds to assail a climber's ears, a great wind may suddenly well up overhead, transfix him to the rock and, in the wink of an eye, disappear. It is as though sonle unseen force had thrust through the atmosphere and a small measure of sky had been abruptly sucked out of existence. A slight quivering of air and flesh may linger for some moments after the reality has passed. The event, of course, has marked the swift and sure stoop of the peregrine falcon along the cliff face, in its unending quest for food to feed its young.
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