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Recent Examples of fowlerThe Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.—Orange County Register, 28 Mar. 2017
The population was restored in Minnesota with the help of local falconers, the Midwest Peregrine Society and the agency's Nongame Wildlife Program, which supports the state's rare and vulnerable wildlife species.
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
Anything left to mention? Reserve a private falconry experience with resident falconer Joe Roy III or play a round of golf at The Links at Terranea, a nine-hole, par-three course designed by renowned designer Todd Eckenrode.
For the city’s growing community of urban birders — the kind who keep eBird checklists updated and binoculars within arm’s reach — this is the sort of milestone that doesn’t come around twice.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
Since last spring, on gray days, Staller has been prowling the perimeter of the Gateway tunnel site, by the West Side rail yards, with his giant telephoto lens, like a birder who has lost his way.
The nighttime steppe is an army of archers aiming their electric black arrows directly at you.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.
The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
With traces of the trap titans that paved the way, Kushington’s motivational raps filled his trapper-friendly The Streets Is Yours debut project, which arrived last March.
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Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.