The Birder's Bookshelf: General Bird Books
Falconer on the Edge by Rachel Dickinson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. ISBN: 9780618806232. 240 pages, 5¼ x 8¼, $24, hardcover.
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Falconer on the Edge is a journey into another world, one with which bird watchers are probably only vaguely familiar. Although a hawk may be trained to hunt with its handler, a falconer is equally in service to his hawk, which should be weighed daily and flown regularly to keep its edge. Rachel Dickinson profiles Steve Chindgren, a man who has parlayed his skill with birds into a living; he presents a trained bird show at a Salt Lake City zoo for half the year and flies falcons on Wyoming's high desert for the remainder.
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