Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century Michigan and thus their flight behavior

and thus their flight behavior and migration patterns are extremely difficult to study

along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep

yielding an emerging picture of what the eastern screech owl needs for successful coexistence with human neighbors

24 black and white photographs by author

and an ominous drop in amphibian populations

Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century Michigan and thus their flight behaviorNear fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of American society, consisting of obsessed individuals who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story