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Tim Gallagher

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Best known for being one of the rediscoverers of the ivory-billed woodpecker (which was believed to be extinct since the 1940s) and writing THE GRAIL BIRD, author Tim Gallagher has another passion that has driven him since childhood -- the ancient sport of falconry. Gallagher's most recent adventure -- detailed in his new book, FALCON FEVER -- was to follow in the footsteps of 13th-century Emperor Frederick II -- a scientist, architect, poet, musician, and all-around Renaissance man 200 years before the births of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Frederick was also the greatest falconer who ever lived. His talks are illustrated with photographs of Frederick's spectacular castles and hunting areas, stunning hand-painted illustrations from...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 138 ratings · 34 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker 3.75 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	In Search of Birds and Wild Places: A Naturalist's Journey into Parts Unknown 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	My rating:
	Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Parts Unknown: A Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	My rating:
	Wild Bird Photography 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	My rating:

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