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nice long post about golden eagles
I stumbled across this long post about golden eagles Aquila chrysaetos complete with a number of videos. This blog The Texas Cichlid Massacre is pretty interesting and covers topics as varied as paleontology, fish, wildlife, and crytozoology. Please visit his … Continue reading
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another review of falconer
It was nice to see this little review this morning as part of a round-up of bird books in the Montreal Gazette: “Speaking of the vanishing American West and its icons, I was thrilled to see Rachel Dickinson’s Falconer on … Continue reading
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fence collisions and sage grouse
The following is the beginning of a piece by Cat Urbigkit that showed up on Stephen Bodio’s Querencia blog yesterday: Making headlines across the West of late is a two-page preliminary report issued by a Wyoming Game and Fish Department … Continue reading
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hawk versus chicken
Here’s what passes for news in Cary, North Carolina: “CARY — Blanchard, a 22-week-old pet rooster, was killed while strutting in his owners’ yard Saturday morning by a hawk that should have been hunting for rabbits. Ann Richard and her … Continue reading
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hunting for ducks
I went out flying with Tim yesterday morning but there were no ducks to be found on the little pond. MacDuff flew over the pond, took a quick look, then headed for a flock of pigeons that were coming off … Continue reading
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podcast on chivalry today
Last summer, Scott Farrell interviewed me for his website Chivalry Today. Just discovered the podcast the other day. I share the posdast with a Zulu stick fighter and a chess-playing philosopher. Here’s his intro to the podcast: “In This Episode: … Continue reading
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footage of golden eagle hunting a reindeer calf
This is unbelievable footage. A BBC natural history film crew filmed an attack on a white reindeer calf by a golden eagle. The Sami — reindeer herders in Finland — had told researchers that this could happen but it has … Continue reading
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the falconry season
As the days get colder in Upstate New York there’s hope that the ducks will begin migrating through with some regularity. Each day, before dawn, Tim gets up, puts his peregrine MacDuff in the back of the truck, and starts driving … Continue reading
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rare praise for falconer
Steve Bodio did a round-up of mini-reviews back in September and here’s what he had to say about my book: “Falconer on the Edge by Rachel Dickinson is the best book about falconry by a non- falconer ever written– in … Continue reading
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