Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century Michigan seven chapters cover all the

seven chapters cover all the elements needed to attract birds to a backyard (food

24 black and white photographs by author

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

Fly high with fun for a trivia night with the friends and family in your very own flock

Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century Michigan seven chapters cover all theNear 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