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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. They have hunted together before, this pack of sky wolves. My job is to move ahead and kick bushes in the hope of flushing a rabbit or hare.