As dawn breaks over the stark mountains and scrubland of California’s Eastern Sierras, falconer Shawn Hayes can be found striding across remote fields with a powerful bird of prey on his gloved wrist, ...

The training of falcons as hunting companions dates back nearly 3,000 years and is one of the oldest hunting methods on record. At first, falconry was used to help in hunts, but it quickly became a ...

The language of 16th-century falconry entered the colloquial thanks in part to one amateur falconer: William Shakespeare. The hawk cocked her head and glared at me, her eyes gleaming golden with ...

Most of our trips begin with a single goal in mind and then unfold into something far richer than expected. What started as a simple getaway to a concert of a favorite band turned into a layered ...

A falcon soaring majestically over the dunes. It's a seductive image of the Middle East, yet one that few of us are able to witness. Aside from the gimmicky 'Falcon Masters' seen holding these birds ...

I knew nothing about falconry until my friend Marc Jaubert, a French falconer, introduced me to this ancient art practiced in more than 80 countries including Korea. Falconry is the art of capturing ...

Once the sport of emperors and earls, these days falconry is enthralling a new generation of enthusiasts eager to find a deeper connection to nature. In the timeless hills of Shropshire, England, ...

Drawn first to raptor webcams and then to hands-on training, Holly soon found herself flying hawks, hunting rabbits, and forging a profound connection with the natural world. Today, she owns Wing ...

Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, they are entwined with the lives and emotions of their respective protagonists – Agnes Shakespeare (née Hathaway) and Helen ...

It may be impossible to ever know exactly where and when the practice of falconry — the training of raptors to hunt wild prey for humans — arose. Some experts place its origins between 4,000 and 6,000 ...

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