Tag Archives: Steve Chindgren
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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interview on wskg’s “off the page”
It’s nerve-wracking to sit through an hour-long interview — you’re sure you sound like an idiot half the time and, because I am who I am, I am sure when pushed to the wall I’m just a blithering idiot. But … Continue reading
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radio west interview with steve
Very nice hour-long interview with KUER’s Radio West in Salt Lake City. Steve brought his gyr-peregrine hybrid Jomo into the studio and he chups and talks throughout, which is a neat sound effect. The production staff was enthralled with Jomo … Continue reading
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my book is out
It’s a funny thing to hold a book you’ve written in your hands for the first time. You examine the cover closely and feel the heft of the book. As you open it and you smell that new book … Continue reading
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another falcon killed
Today Steve Chindgren had another falcon killed by a golden eagle while hunting sage grouse in Wyoming. Steve flew Tava for eight seasons. Tava was having a great year and had just knocked his 22nd grouse of the season out of … Continue reading
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book cover art
Book cover art is a tricky thing. You want it to be beautiful and show up well on the shelf or the table in the bookstore. You want it to be compelling enough so someone will just have to pick … Continue reading
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book
My book, Falconer on the Edge: A Man, his Birds, and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this coming spring. This has been an interesting process — I followed Steve Chindgren, a … Continue reading
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