>Having taught myself to fly radio-controlled sailplanes years ago by
>observing the behavior of local soaring raptors and spent some time around
>bald eagles in the Pacific Northwest before that, I can confirm how rarely
>these birds speak.
Exactly. It's not something you read in a book--probably Churchill's
weakness. I only caught onto it because I spent a year working with
birds of prey at the Raptor Institute.
Once again proving the value of experiential learning,
Kathryn Aegis