From Publishers Weekly The author tells here of traveling in the company of his two hunting dogs and Dolly， a young peregrine falcon， from the Montana Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. "This is an engaging story， one to be savored by animal lovers and those interested in falconry，" commented PW. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information， Inc. From the Back Cover Dan O'Brien spent the summer of 1986 in the Rocky Mountains releasing young peregrine falcons on the mountain cliffs. When one of his release sites was raided by a golden eagle， he managed to save a peregrine chick， and decided to make an improbable two-thousand-mile trip with the surviving young falcon， Dolly. From the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico， following the autumnal migration of waterfowl， O'Brien taught her to hunt as a wild falcon would， in the hopes of releasing her into the natural world. The Rites of Autumn is the riveting account of their incredible journey. (51/2 X 81/4， 208 pages， map) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.