Host Dave Schlom has a most enjoyable visit with kindred spirit Sy Montgomery. A naturalist, adventurer, and accomplished author, Montgomery begins by discussing her deep dive (which for the falcon above would be called a stoop) into falconry in her latest book, The Hawks Way.
Fierce, majestic, and mysterious, birds of prey can form remarkable partnerships with expert humans, and Sy takes us on some of those adventures. In the second half of the show, Montgomery shares memories from her 2015 bestseller, The Soul of an Octopus. These creatures of the sea are far from the monsters portrayed in old books, they are intelligent, sensitive, and can be very social with humans lucky enough to get to know them. As Sy points out, getting octopus hickeys all over your arm is a badge of honor!
