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By Brenda Cox

ISBN-10: 1550548115

ISBN-13: 9781550548112

Brenda Cox recounts her extraordinary courting with Ichabod, a feminine bald eagle. Cox meets Ichabod for the 1st time while the ten-week-old chicken, blown from her nest tree, is delivered to remain on the natural world rehabilitation centre the place Cox is a manager. Cox has been interested in raptors for the reason that she used to be a toddler, and she or he watches Ichabod with fascination. sooner or later, crab-walking into Ichabod's cage to carry a useless quail for dinner, Cox hears a noise in the back of her and turns to discover herself "looking into eyes which can see a fish from a mile within the sky." Ichabod's eyes are shiny and curious and the color of brown sugar-and Cox is hooked.
Conversations with an Eagle is stuffed with lore in regards to the bald eagle, North America's such a lot dramatic raptor. many people have famous eagles as they leap excessive overhead, their wingspans frequently stretching seven toes or extra. yet few humans come inside respiring distance of those superb birds. In its depiction of ways very diversified creatures controlled to shape a permanent bond, this publication is the subsequent neatest thing to being there yourself.

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Brenda Cox recounts her amazing courting with Ichabod, a feminine bald eagle. Cox meets Ichabod for the 1st time while the ten-week-old chicken, blown from her nest tree, is delivered to remain on the flora and fauna rehabilitation centre the place Cox is a manager. Cox has been interested in raptors due to the fact that she was once a baby, and she or he watches Ichabod with fascination.

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