Cerridwen's Cauldron

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Kestrel

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Notes From The Downs

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Dawn Nelson
Jan 27, 2023
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I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
      dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
      Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing

The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Last summer I watched an adult kestrel teaching its fledged young to hunt. Th…

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