Experiments, Game, Hunters and Rabbits

Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

During the filming of this production, I got to experience “dirt hawking&#. Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). My job is to move ahead and kick bushes in the hope of flushing a rabbit or hare. “HO!!

League Against Cruel Sports

League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting

Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Seekers of the game-viewing Big Five have more recently relaxed their criteria and generally either Black or White Rhino is counted as a member of the Big Five.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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