Word: kestrel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Quick," he blurts. "A redheaded woodpecker. It's a beautiful thing." A Carolina wren intrudes, followed by a kestrel. It is a birders' ecstasy for a few minutes-a blue-winged teal, a pectoral sandpiper, a black-bellied plover...
...inhabited by the densest nesting population of raptors, or birds of prey, anywhere in the world. Golden eagles perch on inaccessible crags; prairie and peregrine falcons launch themselves from cliff faces and soar into the high, crystalline desert sky. Eleven other species of raptor, from the diminutive robin-size kestrel, or sparrow hawk, to the stocky great horned owl, make their homes and raise their offspring in the canyon...
...there, some goldeneyes." Fighting through thick reeds and tall grass, the bird watchers soon spotted other feathered friends: half a dozen stout-bodied, short-necked diving ducks called white-winged scoters, another type of waterfowl known as an old-squaw, several large, double-crested cormorants, and finally an American kestrel. Exulted the leader: "You really get psyched by this...
...journeys into a travelogue of depravity. By the time Levanter is 15, he has already literalized the Oedipal drama with his mother and participated in the brutal rape of a teen-age girl at a Communist Party youth camp. Afflicted with a moral numbness, he now hovers like a kestrel over scenes of potential folly. Word that a Midwest U.S. hotel has booked a convention of the "Alliance for Small Americans," for example, sends Levanter flying to the scene; he wants to be on hand when the hotel discovers that its guests are not Boy Scouts but a collection...
...used primarily by flying schools and clubs for training (cost: $7,750). Schweizer also produces the popular single seater in this country, the medium-performance 1-26 (about $6,000). Competition flying is still dominated by German fiber-glass models, such as the AS-W 17, Nimbus, Kestrel and Cirrus, featuring long, albatross-like wings for higher performance. They fetch between $11,000 and $20,000. A beginner usually spends $400-$500 on lessons, though membership in a club can cut training costs in half...