[SunkenCiv]

Partial skeleton of a young sparrowhawk found in the ruins of Viljandi Fortress.

Source: Eve Rannamäe, Freydis Ehrlich

[Bob434]

Golden eagles make excellent hunters too- able to take down deer, even wolves, which are routinely hunted with them. Some pretty wild videos of them hunting wolves on YouTube. They are fearless. Hawk hunting though is cool too- falcons are awesome to watch going after pigeons and such- so much power and speed

[Scarlett156]

Somewhere I read that the dove was the first domesticated bird species. Not true? I can’t tell from reading the article and the internet now says it’s geese.

And chickens weren’t eaten but kept as pets...? Huh...?

[Myrddin]

My wife is a master falconer. Oddly, she had to take firearms safety classes to get the hunting license to hunt with her bird. That resulted in substantial acquisition of firearms too. She started hunting with the birds before cell phones were affordable or viable in the field. That lead to getting a ham license for field comms. Her communication skills were so go that the San Diego Sheriff's Dept recruited her to work as a dispatcher. Being a full time dispatcher left insufficient time to be a falconer. She did train two apprentices that progressed to become master falconers, so the art was passed on.

[moovova]

The original drone...and no charging necessary.

There are a couple of hawks that float around in the morning while I’m walking our 15-lb Yorkie-poo. I keep a close eye out...

[DannyTN]

Beaudreaux, I investigated the cockfights in St. Charles and there are 3 groups involved, The Aggies, the Cajuns and the Mafia.

Seargeant: Great work, how did you come to that conclusion?

Beaudreaux:
I knew the Aggies were involved when someone entered a duck in the cockfight.
I knew the Cajuns were involved when people started betting on the duck.
I knew the Mafia was involved when the duck won.

[dfwgator]

I can think of better skills for hawks....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHlb6ukdek

[moovova]

Side trip: Viljandi Castle...click the image.

[Larry Lucido]

George: Tamale!

[mylife]

If owls are so wise, why have we never trained them?

[Grimmy]

The bad thing about cock fights is the wear and tear on a guy’s hip joints.