Peregrine Smooth: Like Lightning In The Mountain

Peregrine Falcons: Like lightning in the sky Just like lightning in the sky, Peregrine Falcons are able to guide their sleek, brown bodies through the sky in a darting like manner. Jean Craighead George, the entertaining author of the fictional novel, My Side of the Mountain, is able to describe using the resources in your environment, such as a falcon, to help you survive. In Sam Gribley’s environment, the main character in this novel, there is a family of these Peregrine Falcons, he uses his resources to survive out in the wilderness. Craighead uses three areas of expertise to explain the unique treatment of these falcons starting with the personality of this type of bird, then actually training a falcon, and finally, how to feed and care for a falcon properly. The personality of these birds is very irregular compared to other species of birds the same size and shape as the peregrine falcon. The evidence of personality shown by the book, My Side of the Mountain, is easy to understand when you read this quote, “I wormed forward, and wham: I turned my head to see the big female. …show more content…
Craighead shares that a falcon prefer to eat the organs of an animal, rather than the meat in the following quote: “Here I dressed down the rabbit and fed Frightful the more savory bites from a falcon’s point of view: the liver, the heart, and the brain. If our bird helped us to eat the parts of an animal that we normally don’t enjoy, then it will help us to leave no trace in the wilderness of an animal dying. Defenders state that these falcons “eat other birds such as songbirds or ducks, as well as bats.” These birds are birds of prey, they are much faster than the typical bird flying at speeds of 40-60 mph making it possible for them to easily swoop down and grab their prey out of midair. With peregrine falcons in your presence, you shouldn’t feel as bad about leaving left overs’ from another