The Hawks Way, Sy Montgomery
The Hawks Way, Sy Montgomery
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The Hawk's Way
Encounters with Fierce Beauty

Author: Sy Montgomery

Narrator: Sy Montgomery

Unabridged: 1 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the hawk—from the New York Times bestselling author of the “astoundingly beautiful” (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus.

When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris’s hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down from a tree and landed on Sy’s leather gloved fist, Sy fell under the hawk’s magnetic spell.

Over the next few years, Sy spent more time with these magnificent creatures, getting to know their extraordinary abilities and instincts. They are deeply emotional animals, quick to show anger and frustration, and can hold a grudge for years. But they are also loyal and intensely aware of their surroundings. In this mesmerizing account, featuring sixteen pages of gorgeous color photographs, Sy passionately and vividly reveals the wonderous world of hawks and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love.

About Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, adventurer, and author of more than thirty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including The Hummingbirds’ GiftThe Hawk’s Way, the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, and most recently, Of Time and Turtles, which was a New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, and a border collie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

Similar to her previous The Hummingbird's Gift, Montgomery has repackaged a chapter from her 2010 collection Birdology into a small, separate book. I'm thinking the audience for this one might be a bit different. I definitely wouldn't buy it for my elderly hummingbird-loving mother. In birdwatching,......more

Goodreads review by Russell

This is the second of these short nature books by Sy Montgomery I've read, and like her hummingbird book, it was beautifully written, filled with fascinating details about the creatures she's focusing upon. But once again, I find myself not particularly loving Montgomery's narrative voice or the sto......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

Thank you, Sy Montgomery, NetGalley, and Atria Books for the opportunity to read this book! It was released on May 3rd, 2022. “Our fellow animals teach us lessons about the delights of sameness and difference. They immerse us in wonder. They lead us to humilty; they inspire us to reverence. They teac......more


Quotes

"Sy Montgomery does a solid job delivering this work, which combines her personal experience with biological information about birds and historical information about falconry. She makes clear that the birds, despite having been named, are fierce predators, not pets. Her pacing is good, making listening easy and understandable."