Chapters 13 and 14 Summary

In Chapter 13, Lon and Rick find that Maverick has flown, but away from the flock. Lon is concerned. If he goes further east, he'll be lost. Lon begins typing up his field notes from the previous day, which will go on the Condor Project's website. Afterwards, they drive back out to the Doll House formation where Maverick is, and Lon decides to try to catch him with the large net he has. Lon moves slowly along the ground until the bird spots him. Then Lon runs, but the bird takes off and flies away, headed north. Lon plans to come back in the dark, with a shovel, a saw, plastic buckets, a lantern, and bird feed.

Chapter 14 begins half an hour before dawn, when Lon and Rick take their positions. As Rick watches the bird in the early hours, he imagines...