Katie Fallon is co-founder of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, a nonprofit research, education, and rehabilitation center for injured birds. A member of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators, she has glove-trained a wide variety of raptor species, including turkey vultures, hawks, owls, and falcons. She is the author, previously, of Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird. She lives in West Virginia with her family of human and birds.

"[A]n excellent quick read, suitable not only for bird lovers and naturalists but for anyone with a bit of natural curiosity and an inclination to root for the common, the misunderstood, and the underdog.”

• Introduction: The Spokesbird1. Vulture Culture2. The Private Lives of Public Birds3. Rockshelter4. Wings and Prayers5. Rebirth6. Hill of the Sacred Eagles7. On the Move8. Virginia Is for Vultures9. Battlefield Ghosts10. Welcome Back11. BuzzardsEpilogue: Spokesbirds for the SpokesbirdsAfterword: What You Can DoAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Katie Fallon is co-founder of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, a nonprofit research, education, and rehabilitation center for injured birds. A member of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators, she has glove-trained a wide variety of raptor species, including turkey vultures, hawks, owls, and falcons. She is the author, previously, of Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird. She lives in West Virginia with her family of human and birds.

"[A]n excellent quick read, suitable not only for bird lovers and naturalists but for anyone with a bit of natural curiosity and an inclination to root for the common, the misunderstood, and the underdog.”

• Introduction: The Spokesbird1. Vulture Culture2. The Private Lives of Public Birds3. Rockshelter4. Wings and Prayers5. Rebirth6. Hill of the Sacred Eagles7. On the Move8. Virginia Is for Vultures9. Battlefield Ghosts10. Welcome Back11. BuzzardsEpilogue: Spokesbirds for the SpokesbirdsAfterword: What You Can DoAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Katie Fallon is co-founder of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, a nonprofit research, education, and rehabilitation center for injured birds. A member of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators, she has glove-trained a wide variety of raptor species, including turkey vultures, hawks, owls, and falcons. She is the author, previously, of Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird. She lives in West Virginia with her family of human and birds.

"[A]n excellent quick read, suitable not only for bird lovers and naturalists but for anyone with a bit of natural curiosity and an inclination to root for the common, the misunderstood, and the underdog.”

• Introduction: The Spokesbird1. Vulture Culture2. The Private Lives of Public Birds3. Rockshelter4. Wings and Prayers5. Rebirth6. Hill of the Sacred Eagles7. On the Move8. Virginia Is for Vultures9. Battlefield Ghosts10. Welcome Back11. BuzzardsEpilogue: Spokesbirds for the SpokesbirdsAfterword: What You Can DoAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex