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BOOK SIGNING &\; LIVE OWL DEMONSTRATION
\nWITH AUTHOR MARK MANSKE
\nLocal North Country Author Mark Manske and his owl will be at The TAUNY Center in Canton for a book signing of his latest release "\;The Goshawk Gabboon"\; on Thursday\, 2/15 from 3-5 p.m. The program is free to attend with \;books available at the TAUNY Folkstore for purchase. The event is designed for middle aged children (4th - 8th grade) and is \;open to the public.
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\nAbout Mark Manske:
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Manske would catch and raise pigeons from his neighbor'\;s barn as a child. From 1984 through 1986\, he studied under Dr. Frances Hamerstrom\, the first woman in North America to fly a golden eagle. The author became a falconer in 2003 and\, by 2009\, became a master falconer. He has flown several Red Tailed Hawks\, American Kestrels\, Harris Hawks\, and a Northern Goshawk. When a person comments that he has a fascinating hobby\, he corrects them and tells them that it is not a hobby but a lifestyle.
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He has helped secure skunks\, squirrels\, woodchucks\, red fox\, Red-Tailed Hawks\, American Kestrels\, Great Horned Owls\, Barred Owls\, Broad-Winged Hawks\, Merlins\, Bald Eagles\, Northern Saw-Whet Owls\, Eastern Screech Owls\, several species of woodpeckers and songbirds\, common loons\, Great Blue Herons\, American Bitterns\, Raccoons\, and Green Herons.
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