Shocked by her father's unexpected death, lifelong falconer Helen Macdonald decides to take on training the fearsome goshawk, considered amongst the most difficult birds to train. This beautifully written and touching memoir traverses the obscure world of falconry to living through grief, ending up in a place of hope and recovery. Books mentioned in this [...]
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If, like me, you tuck binoculars under the driver's seat, then you know rock-star naturalist David Allen Sibley. But even if you can't tell a chickadee from a Carolina wren, you should still buy this hefty guide (if only to drool over Sibley's gorgeous illustrations). Books mentioned in this post The Sibley Guide to Birds, [...]
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