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George Smith . . . and jriend 



The jriend is a sparrow hawk now residing in the apple tree com- 

 munity. Found as a fledgling after a windstorm destroyed the nest 

 which was his home, this member of the falcon family darts to 

 his perch on George Smith's shoulder at the sound of a shrill 

 whistle. But very soon he is likely to spread his twenty-two-inch 

 wings and soar away, perhaps never to return. He'll feel the urge 

 to travel. George Smith says that this is the way it should be. He 

 befriends the birds and animals and insects that make their home 

 on his 75-acre Pennsylvania farm, but he never cages or domesti- 

 cates them. 



By profession Mr. Smith is editor of a thriving country news- 

 paper, the Quarryville Sun Ledger, and in the past he has served 

 as high school principal, science teacher, and United States 

 Marine. Nature lovers and scientists know him best, however, for 

 his larger-than-life photographs and superb articles in such pub- 

 lications as Look, Life, Nature, Audubon Magazine, Science 

 Newsletter, The Museum of Natural History Magazine, and The 

 New York Times Magazine. 



After his busy day at the newspaper is done, this writer-photog- 

 rapher-naturalist can usually be found at work on his farm 

 restoring his century-old stone house, planting and pruning, or 

 patiently taking close-up photographs alongside the stream, in 

 the orchards or meadows, or on the hills near his "apple tree 

 community." 



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