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Mongolian falconer on horseback with golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). While falcons are usually worn on the left hand, in certain areas of Asia eagles are carried on the falconer's right arm.

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Also known as: hawking
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Michael Henry Woodford
Secretary, British Falconers' Club, London, 1956–67. Author of A Manual of Falconry.
Michael Henry Woodford,
Emma Ford
Emma Ford has been flying hawks since she was eight. In 1982 she and her husband established the British School of Falconry, which is now part of the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The Fords were invited...
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Also called:
hawking

falconry, the sport of employing falcons, true hawks, and sometimes eagles or buzzards in hunting game. Falconry is an ancient sport that has been practiced since preliterate times. Stelae depicting falconry that were created by the Hittites date to the 13th century bce, and cave paintings from prehistoric sites may represent even earlier references to falconry. Merchants, adventurers, and Crusaders from Europe and England became familiar with falconry in the Middle East and on their return home took falcons and falconers with them. The sport flourished in western Europe and the British Isles in the Middle Ages among the privileged ...(100 of 2459 words)

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