What do you do for a living?
As director of the Predatory Bird Research Group at UC Santa Cruz, I research peregrine falcons, publish falcon nest cameras at my website, mentor UCSC students interested in falcons, inspire kids about falcons and nature during school assemblies and involve “citizen scientists” in falcon research.
What would you be doing if you weren’t doing that?
If I hit the lotto, I would do exactly the same thing.
What do you do in your free time?
I train and fly falcons in the sport of falconry.
What brought you to Santa Cruz?
UC-Santa Cruz in 1971.
What’s your favorite street?
Walnut.
Name something you’re excited about.
I am excited about celebrating the 28th anniversary of my marriage during May and about a book that I am writing on my adventures with hawks, falcons and eagles from Arizona to Alaska.
Name a pet peeve.
The city’s failure to cooperate with the university and build a dedicated eastern access route to UCSC.
What are you reading?
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee.
What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in the last three
years?
That Margaret Mead was right when she said, “Never doubt that a few thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Recent personal food trend?
Eating from the periphery of the grocery store and avoiding processed foods.
