“Finding a Nest” from Gracious Wild

In this early passage from the book Gracious Wild: A Shamanic Journey with Hawks, I share the excitement of finding a nest of a pair of northern harrier hawks. I later confirmed that this discovery was not only novel for me, it was the first ever northern harrier hawk nest found on the island.

I joined Jack one evening out above Karana Canyonto help set the live traps. Our hike brought us past thecoreopsis forest and stone cross, but the female harrierdidn’t meet us at the trail. I figured she...