https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or en-us 2019-05-22 12:35:28 UTC 2024-11-25 22:18:34 UTC hello@padlet.com lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362515884 Stooped is having the head and shoulders habitually bent forward."Then she stooped, the wind singing in her feathers". The falcon stooped down at me.]]> 2019-05-22 12:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362515884 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362515890 Tethered is to tie an animal with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement."Hooded and tethered, she had traveled with two strange men for several days".The falcon was tethered to a tree stump so I untied the falcon.]]> 2019-05-22 12:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362515890 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516082 A talon is a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey."Small as she was,she had jabbed him with her already powerful talons as he carried her to the ground". I saw a wild falcon and it picked up a bird mid air with it's talon's.]]> 2019-05-22 12:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516082 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516142 A jesses is a short leather strap that is fastened around each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached." I'm cutting your jesses".I saw a trained falcon with jesses on.]]> 2019-05-22 12:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516142 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516264 Alighted is descend from the air and settle."Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig". A saw a wild falcon alight on a tree stump.]]> 2019-05-22 12:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/362516264 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279678 Rampart is a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet."She was on a stony rampart above the Schoharie River". Today I saw a falcon siting on her eggs ramparting them".]]> 2019-06-03 12:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279678 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279805 A aerie is a large nest of a bird of prey, especially an eagle, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff".She left it at the scrape and flew to a rock ledge above the aerie".I saw a wild falcon fly up to its aerie.]]> 2019-06-03 12:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279805 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279986 Brooding is the pattern of behavior of certain egg-laying animals, especially birds, marked by cessation of egg laying and readiness to sit on and incubate the eggs."That night he brooded the eyases". Today a saw a falcon brooded her eyases.]]> 2019-06-03 12:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365279986 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365280142 Being voraciously is used to describe a wolflike appetite.After he had been brooded and warmed for an hour, he was suddenly voraciously hungry".I saw a falcon feed there voraciously hungry eyases. ]]> 2019-06-03 12:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365280142 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365280331 Descending in a bird means move or fall downward."She descended gracefully to her aerie with food for the eyases". Yesterday I saw a bird descend on to a fish in the lake.]]> 2019-06-03 12:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/365280331 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/366340053 A nictitating membrane is a whitish or translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid in birds and can be drawn across the eye to protect it from dust and keep it moist."Frightful sitting erect on her stub, and letting his nictitating membranes slip across each eye".Today I went to the zoo and saw a falcon with its nictitating membranes on.]]> 2019-06-07 12:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/366340053 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/366928235 Rivulets are a very small stream."Holding their feathers at slight angles that shed water in rivulets". I have a rivulet behind my grandma's house.]]> 2019-06-11 12:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/366928235 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/367160412 A juvenile is relating to young people." By the end of August the juvenile peregrines were catching almost all of their food".Today I saw a juvenile bird in its nest.]]> 2019-06-12 12:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/367160412 lm049431 https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/367160599 A pilgrimage is a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected."Being the long pilgrimage of the peregrine falcon to warmer climates". Yesterday I saw some Peregrine falcons go on there pilgrimage.]]> 2019-06-12 12:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lm049431/8upqv5n2r4or/wish/367160599