Comments on: Life-changing books

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:31:44 +0000

Yes, I did – MANY years ago.

By: Tom Connolly

Tom Connolly — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:59:57 +0000

Hi-did you go to Lynnfield High School?

By: Chas S. Clifton

Chas S. Clifton — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:09:08 +0000

Another vote for “My Side of the Mountain.” I think I was in 5th grade, maybe 6th.

For my dad, the equivalent was Ernest Thompson Seton’s “Two Little Savages.”

By: Steve Bodio

Steve Bodio — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:08:22 +0000

I am touched and overwhelmed to be in the company of these books– all of which influenced me too! MANY thanks.

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:00:13 +0000

Correct! You match the raptor to the prey to the terrain, mostly. A red-tail, for example, doesn’t need a ton of room to hunt successfully and is usually used to hunt furred prey – rabbits, hare, squirrels – though they will also take pheasants, ducks and other flying stuff. A peregrine falcon needs a lot of sky and is a bird-catcher. Out here, that means ducks on the salt marsh. The sport goes all the way from flying a Kestrel at English sparrows to flying a Golden Eagle at roe deer (in Europe – small deer – there’s some wild stuff on youtoob). A chest freezer is handy – but gets used to keep the food supply (frozen quail from a quail farm) more than it gets used for the catch – though it gets used for that, too.

By: Giania

Giania — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:38:28 +0000

I’d presume that part of falconry is taking the birds hunting. What kind of stuff do they excel at hunting for, and does it require owning a chest freezer to make the most of? :3