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Peregrine'S Journey, The by Madeleine Dunphy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Editor’s Choice, Science Books & Films Date: May/June 2001 The Peregrine’s Journey: A Story of Migration is based on the migration of a real female peregrine falcon that was tracked via satellite telemetry by the U.S. Wildlife Service from its summer residence in Alaska to its wintering grounds in Argentina, over 8,000 miles away. The author begins the book by describing the events in September that signal the peregrine that it is time to migrate. When the bird begins her migration, she tells how she uses instinct and her excellent eyesight to identify mountains and rivers that guide her on her way south. The migration requires a lot of energy and exposes the peregrine to numerous dangers. The author tells how the peregrine eats pigeons, doves and other prey and how she bathes herself after eating a messy meal. Since migration is tiring, the peregrine stops on the Texas coast to rest and to build up a reserve of energy for her long flight over the Gulf of Mexico. During her first night over the water, she perches on a ship’s mast to rest. A few days later, she flies over Guatemala and then Panama. Along the way, she joins other peregrines on their way south and a flo

Who reads Peregrine'S Journey, The?

Author

Madeleine Dunphy

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780761313533

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Children'S, Nature, Fiction