ROBERT REDFORD AND PEREGRINE FALCONS! GREAT COMBINATION!
Some of you who read this blog are aware that I have been following the Peregrine Falcon nestbox at the Kodak headquarters in Rochester, N.Y., for eight years now. Currently there are three babies just about ready to fledge (fly away on their own) and begin their lives as super birds!
Well, I learned that Robert Redeford (sigh) is about ready to direct and star in a film entitled, “Aloft”, based on the true story of a naturalist and pilot tracking a peregrine falcon’s transcontinental migration from Alaska to Central America. Mr. Redford will play the pilot. The movie is based on the Alan Tennant’s book, “On the Wing: To The Edge of the Earth with the PF” documenting his experiences tracking Peregrine’s in his plane. Redford will play Tennant. These falcons can dive 200 miles per hour (called a stoop) when catching their prey (smaller birds). Should be exciting to watch!