Book Reviews

North American Falconry
And Hunting Hawks
By Beebe and Webster, Seventh Edition, 1994
Reviewed by Steve Heying, Ashland, MO

With all the options, choices, requirements, commitments, and just plain things to do in this modern world of today, when a person elects to make the practice of the art of falconry in North America a top priority, an introductive and descriptive guide book is a much valued addition to all the knowledge and trappings one needs to carry through with doing the sport. Buy it now.  See Table of Contents. Read more...

The Red-tailed Hawk
By Liam J McGranaghan
Reviewed by Eric Tabb, Boise, ID

What could be more American in the world of falconry than the use of redtail hawks for game hawking. From coast to coast and border to border, Buteo jamaicensis has many fans. Buy it now. Read more...

Buteos and Bushytails
by Gary L. Brewer
Reviewed by Eric Tabb, Boise, ID

Buteos and Bushytails was written to be primarily a testament to the ability of the redtail hawk. This has been accomplished. What I wish to convey is the truly exceptional information provided about Harris’ hawks. Gary Brewer, a native Texan, takes us to the scrubland of south Texas with a wonderful chapter about what it is like to go trapping Harris’ hawks in their native country. Buy it now. See Table of Contents. Read more...

North American Falconry And Hunting Hawks
By Beebe and Webster, Seventh Edition, 1994
Reviewed by Eric Tabb, Boise, ID

Jostens Printing and Publishing Division of Topeka, Kansas has done a masterful job with this 465 page, four pound mega-manual. It is a glossy thing of beauty; I can hardly imagine the wonder of the “Special Edition,” for three times the price. Buy it now. See Table of Contents. Read more...

Imagine, within the deepest sanctums of your sportsman’s, naturalist’s, or, to be sure, your falconer’s heart, mind and soul, the greatest and grandest adventure of all lifetimes that you would want to be a part of. It would surely include sheer outright pleasure, passion, beauty, grace, comfort, as well as horror, fright, discord, discomfort, loss and threat to life and limb to truly be meaningful. Buy it now.  See Table of Contents.   Read more...

Understanding the Bird of Prey
By Nick Fox
Reviewed by Steve Heying, Ashland, MO

Seldom does a new book come along that holds an old reader spellbound on subjects that have been “unaltered and around” for years and years in a multitude of books. Understanding the Bird of Prey by Nick Fox is an advanced techno-manual that any being deeply involved with raptors must add to their bookshelf. Buy it now. See Table of Contents.  Read more...

Gyrfalcon
by Emma Ford
Reviewed by Eric Tabb, Boise, ID

This book comes to me like wild gyrs do; rarely, suddenly, silent and gray—not to be kept. But what a stirring of the heart and imagination they provide, for a few moments. With support from Robert Bagley, Ms. Ford has produced a literary feat befitting its subject. Buy it now. See Table of Contents. Read more...