Words to Know
a long steep slope
What is an escarpment?
rescued by Alice
Who is Frightful?
This eyas is mom's favorite.
Who is Drum?
The setting for the story is
What are the Catskill Mountains?
What is an eyas?
a male perigrine falcon
What is a tiercel?
Frightful's four legged hunting buddy
Who is Mole?
This tiercel found a new mate after his went away and did not return.
Who is Chup?
Most peregrine falcons enjoy eating this
What are birds and waterfowl?
move from one place to another according to the seasons
What is migrate?
someone who breeds, trains and hunts with falcons
What is a falconer?
condor faced man with one brown eye and one blue eye
Who is Bate?
A falconer's hood didn't mask this one's cry.
Who is Duchess?
Chup built his aerie on this
What is a cliff?
being very hungry
What is ravenously?
equal balance between forces
What is equilibrium?
jesses, falconer's hood and $25,000 are what we want
Who are Bate and Spud?
Frightful likes me because I am a family member who likes to move.
Who is Alice?
An eyas has gray _____________.
What are feet and beak?
a large nest of birds of prey
What is an aerie?
moving unsteadily or violently
What is turbulent?
taught Frightful to wait on before hunting
Who is Sam?
Who is Sam?
Frightful used this trick when mating with Chup.
What is feather talk?
a relationship between two things in which both party's needs are affected by the other
What is interdependence?