It all started with a bird of prey fondly named Amelia. To understand her migration pattern via radio tracking, the author Alan Tennant and a buddy took off in a rattletrap Cessna in pursuit. They discovered from Texas to the Arctic back down to the Caribbean, it’s not so easy to follow a bird that can reach speeds of 200 mph in a dive.
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Booktalk: Wildlife lecturer Alan Tennant and “On The Wing: To The Edge Of The Earth With The Peregrine Falcon” kgnu
Top authors are interviewed on this 10-minute program that captures their words about their books and ideas and often the story behind the story. The show, hosted by Diana Korte and engineered by Gene Korte, has been in production for over 20 years.