<div>The ornithologist and award-winning author of The Grail Bird shares his love of falconry in this &ldquo;boundary-stretching memoir&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). &ldquo;To me, falconry at its highest level is an art form in which the canvas is the entire sky.&rdquo; What is it about falconry that inspires such avid devotees? Tim Gallagher has pondered this question since he first became obsessed with the sport at the age of twelve. In Falcon Fever, he interweaves memoir, history, and travelogue as he takes us along on his many adventures&mdash;mallard hunting in upstate New York with his falcon MacDuff; traveling to Wyoming and the Scottish Highlands to visit and learn from other falconers; attending the annual field meet of the North American Falconers&rsquo; Association; and making his personal pilgrimage to the southern Italian lands and landmarks of his hero Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor who wrote the classic text On the Art of Hunting with Birds. From his early use of falconry to escape a troubled childhood to the vibrant, modern community that continues to practice the centuries-old sport of kings, Gallagher offers both a knowledgeable introduction to these birds of prey and an inspiring personal story. &ldquo;A series of exhilarating, often poignant stories. . . . He weaves an eloquent life story around his life with hawks and falcons.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Chronicle &ldquo;The ideal tonic to reinvigorate a nation distracted by laptops from its love for its natural heritage.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert F. Kennedy Jr. &ldquo;A poignant, introspective volume.&rdquo; &mdash;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette </div>

Falcon Fever

<div>David Sibley, Don and Lillian Stokes, and many more share their inside tips&mdash;and witty observations&mdash;on the birding life. The biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level&mdash;on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding&mdash;in these lighthearted essays accompanied by illustrations. Whether satirizing bird snobs or relating the traditions and taboos of the birding culture, this collection of wisdom is as chock-full of helpful information as it is entertaining. &ldquo;The book is a delight to read and will generate new enthusiasm for the hobby. The 25 black-and-white line drawings are hilarious.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

Good Birders Don't Wear White

<div>&ldquo;The Grail Bird is an enjoyable read . . . A powerful call for conservation, and an exciting bird adventure&rdquo; (The Boston Globe). What is it about the ivory-billed woodpecker? Why does this ghost of the southern swamps arouse such an obsessive level of passion in its devotees, who range from respected researchers to the flakiest Loch Ness monster fanatics and Elvis chasers? Since the early twentieth century, scientists have been trying their best to prove that the ivory-bill is extinct. But every time they think they&rsquo;ve finally closed the door, the bird makes an unexpected appearance. To unravel the mystery, author Tim Gallagher heads south, deep into the eerie swamps and bayous of the vast Mississippi Delta, searching for people who claim to have seen this rarest of birds and following up&mdash;sometimes more than thirty years after the fact&mdash;on their sightings. What follows is his own Eureka moment with his buddy Bobby Harrison, a true son of the South from Alabama. A huge woodpecker flies in front of their canoe, and they both cry out, &ldquo;Ivory-bill!&rdquo; This sighting&mdash;the first time since 1944 that two qualified observers positively identify an ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States&mdash;quickly leads to the largest search ever launched to find a rare bird, as researchers fan out across the bayou, hoping to document the existence of this most iconic of birds. &ldquo;The Grail Bird is less an ecological study than a portrait of human obsession.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times</div>

The Grail Bird

<div>From RattleSinker inventor Grey Myerson, &quot;an extraordinary story of one man&#39;s obsession, a tale of passion, brutality, tragedy, and redemption...a book about a love of fishing that tackles the deepest themes of life&quot; (Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk). Born to Fish tells the tale of a man who led a harrowing, sometimes dissolute life until he turned himself around, thanks to his rod and reel. Overcoming learning disabilities, substance abuse, and the violence associated with a father in the mob, Greg Myerson, a lifelong sport-fisherman, caught an 82-pound striped bass in 2011, shattering a world record that had stood for 29 years. Without any training in biological research, he began studying the striped bass like a scientist&mdash;examining how it hunts, the food it eats, how its behavior is affected by moon phases and the cycles of the tides&mdash;which led to the creation of the RattleSinker, the lure that helped him catch the record-setting bass. During an appearance on the TV show Shark Tank, Mark Cuban bought a 33 percent share of Greg&#39;s company, World Record Striper Company. Yet at the very instant he achieved his crowning glory as a striped bass fisherman, he had a staggering epiphany and instantly regretted killing the fish. Greg is now at the forefront of the effort to save the big striped bass, the most prolific breeders, and actively promotes no-kill catch-and-release tournaments. </div>

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Books By Tim Gallagher (3 Books)

Falcon Fever

The Grail Bird

Born to Fish

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