10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
In training, the falconer must never think of rewards and punishments, Nancy Cowan (pictured below, with her Harris’s hawk, Scoter), tells her: “They don’t serve us. The love that Montgomery feels for the hawk and its wildness will never be reciprocated: a raptor is not a dog or a horse. We serve them.”.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2019
In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. The falcon hunt took place in the quiet, picturesque Flemish countryside south of Bruges, on the property of Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch.
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