The Saker falcon circles a couple hundred feet away, intent on a bird-size leather bundle fashioned to resemble a pair of small wings. Containing a morsel of rabbit meat, the package swings in a low arc at the end of a line secured to a lure pole about the length of a fishing rod; holding the other end of the pole, trainer Steve Siebert is intent, in turn, on his year-old falcon, Shadow. Shadow wheels and plunges toward the bait, flinging herself skyward again when Siebert yanks the food away at the last second. After a few more passes, Siebert […]
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