Knight (1884-1957) of Great Britain who toured the United States talking about falconry and the value of preserving birds of prey. Allen, Heinz met the illustrious falconer and lecturer captain C. Allen (1885 - 1964) who orchestrated the first college courses in the United States designed to confer a Doctorate in Ornithology. Heinz enrolled at Cornell University, one of America's leading colleges, and one that offered very strong programs on agriculture, veterinary medicine, and ornithology.
He then found a book on falconry and embarked on an adventure with birds of prey that occupied the rest of his life. A jacket was quickly thrown over the raptor and Heinz had his first bird. The bird was feeding on an immature marsh hawk, unaware that a soon to be falconer was stealthily making in on her. While surf casting off a Long Island beach in 1941, Heinz captured his first peregrine falcon. Heinz developed a deep fascination with the creatures he saw there that he could not find on the asphalt streets and the concrete canyons of NYC. The countryside spoke to the boy in many ways that the city did not. Heinz grew up both in the city and the countryside. Penny's, who also owned a large farm upstate in Dutchess County. His father, a banker in Germany, took a Job as a chauffeur to a wealthy New York City family, the J.
Meng was one of America's leading ornithologists and an avid falconer for almost 75 years (view "The Legacy of Heinz Meng" video produced by New Paltz alumni Paul Spaulding '17 and Abby Shaffer '17.)īorn In Germany on February 25, 1924, Heinz immigrated to America with his family when he was five years old.
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