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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). There is no wind and the habitat is perfect for cottontail rabbits and the much larger jackrabbits (actually hares), the preferred quarry of this group of three birds. “HO!!

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. The huge population of feral cats undoubtedly is having a detrimental effect on our bird life. Since European settlement there has been the loss of at least 23 species and sub-species of birds.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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