Standing in the brush along an abandoned rock quarry, I scanned the blue, cloud-free September sky for flying birds. My prey? Band-tail pigeons, the West Coast’s cousin to the extinct passenger pigeon ...
Researchers don’t often turn to the general public for help with scientific studies. However, for scientists seeking to ...
Falconry is not just a centuries-old tradition. It involves the training of birds of prey and hunting with them. Animal welfare organizations sometimes criticize it harshly. But not only falconers ...
Falconry is considered to be the oldest sport known to man. Its participants, called falconers, train birds of prey to hunt game. As Pamela Watts of Rhode Island PBS reports, it’s also a chance to ...
Local residents got a chance to see and learn more about multiple birds of prey at The Brewers Kettle in Kernersville last Saturday, March 28. James Neumann, a master falconer, raptor breeder and ...
Wednesday, Aug. 27 turned out to be an eventful day, bird-wise. I set out before dawn for the upper reaches of Hoover Reservoir. It was a clear day, and I wanted to secrete myself in a good honey hole ...