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Susan McCarthy is co-author with Marjorie Ingall of Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies. Ingall & McCarthy write Sorrywatch.com, a website which analyzes apologies. McCarthy also writes about wildlife and animal behavior. She’s co-author of the international bestseller When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, and author of Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild. Not literally raised by wolves, McCarthy lives in San Francisco.

Category: Raptors

  • Raven trading post

    Bald Eagles are the specialty of the Alaska Raptor Center, in Sitka. It's an animal hospital in a forest. They treat 100-200 eagles a year, as well as other species. Many are treated and set free. Others have problems that mean they can't make it as wild birds any more. These generally go to zoos…

  • A secret ingredient in a Brunswick stew

    Modoc County Road 1 runs through the long, narrow Surprise Valley in high desert of northeastern California. It's in a narrow band between mountains and alkaline lakebeds in the valley bottom. In this narrow band irrigation allows agriculture. Sagebrush has been replaced by grain crops. Ground squirrels feel the need to dash across this road…

  • Wild Chefs!

    A chic dark-phase red-tailed hawk (deep brown except for her brick-colored tail), was demonstrating ground squirrel prep on a power pole by the side of the Surprise Valley Road in Modoc County:     Place your ground squirrel on top of the central pole.    Remove portions of the squirrel and place them on either arm of…