A few years ago, Steve and I attended several lectures about raptors by Alida Morzenti, in preparation for training to handle captive birds of prey. The lectures were fascinating, but one image stuck with me more than any other…the eagle hunters of western Mongolia.
Alida described how the hunters would travel out onto the steppe, [...]
If you like Critter Geek, you definitely want to follow the blog of Julie Zickefoose, author of one of my favorite books, Letters From Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods.
Recently, she’s been posting about her visit to a goat dairy.
In the Milking Parlor
Goat #43
The Authors of It All
I could really get into [...]
Many of the things that dogs do and we commonly call “bad behavior” is simply being a dog…this is the culture clash that Jean Donaldson illuminates in this classic book on dog behavior.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your dog is working from an assumption that they’re like miniature human beings. [...]
This great book by Temple Grandin gave me new insight into animal behavior, especially with a new pup who came into our lives during the time I was reading Animals in Translation.
This is a fascinating book written by a fascinating woman with autism. Grandin claims that the condition of autism removes sensory filters that [...]
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