At the edge of a shady green grove in Hadley, light streams through the forest canopy in thin shafts. It speckles the grassy floor below, where three large birds of prey sit awkwardly, tethered with ...

MANCHESTER, Vt. -- With a few, quick beats of its wings, the well-poised raptor flies to my outstretched, gloved hand and waits patiently for my command. This close-up experience provides a rare ...

“The Art of Falconry” explores the unique relationship between human and hawk. Humans have been hunting with birds for at least 5,000 years and in Idaho the practice has become increasingly popular ...

“It’s not like a shotgun, where you can put it away at the end of the season and it’s fine,” said Lynn Appelman, a longtime falconer. His bird, Houdini lives in a heated enclosure and requires daily ...

There's nothing in nature quite like watching a raptor silently dive and catch its prey, but what if it was trained to bring it to you? The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is hosting a program ...

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Mitch Olivier may have one of the world's most unusual hotel jobs. For the past three years, he's managed the falconry mews at the Banyan Tree Al Wadi Resort in Ras al-Khaimah—home to an intensive two ...

Sy Montgomery—the bestselling author of 30-plus books, including “The Soul of an Octopus” and “The Good Good Pig”—discusses in a “Talking Animals” interview what prompted the exploration of raptors ...

Anna is thought to be among the best female gyr x peregrine falcons in the United States for harassing other birds. You might consider Anna petite, at no more than 2 feet tall when her 3-1/2-foot ...