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Falconry Equipment

These various tools used by Sam, Perry, Bate, Spud, Skri, Jon, and Susan, among others, symbolize captivity and training.

Hacking Stands

These platforms, stocked with food, serve as a means to reintroduce captive birds to the wild.

Utility Poles

In Frightful's Mountain, these structures represent humankind's destruction of nature. They are the cause of death of many birds of prey and the schoolchildren of Delhi write numerous letters to press for change in their construction.

Nesting Box

This wood and steel structure is constructed by Sam and Bando in order to create a safe place for Frightful to brood Oksi.

Delhi Bridge

This structure is the location where Frightful creates an aerie and broods with 426. Due to construction, 426 abandons the family in fear.

DDT

This chemical insecticide is responsible for the near-extinction of birds of prey in North America from the 1940s through the 1960s before...

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