Monte Markley read My Side of the Mountain as a kid and was captivated by the story of a boy and his falcon. He's now a master falconer, training his latest bird on the grasslands of Kansas. Just ...
Often, it is the charismatic and spectacular that draws people to nature. When wildlife is depicted onscreen, for example, we’ll usually see images of large mammals and skillful predators -- bears, ...
In the early 1990s I spent a magical hour in June in the Yakima River Canyon. Watching from a commanding viewpoint, I counted 21 juvenile prairie falcons screaming for food from three separate nest ...
We Energies has set up webcams to keep track of several nesting peregrine falcons at their power plants.Greg Septon has been working to help bring the peregrine falcon back from the edge of extinction ...
Just after dawn, Monte Markley gears up on his farm near Augusta, in southern Kansas. He pulls on a special hunting vest and camouflage cap. "This is a bull-riding glove," Markley says, tugging on a ...