North American Falconry & Hunting Hawks

Frank Lyman Beebe  &  Harold M Webster, Jr.

Eighth Edition

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations, Color, Black & White

Author’s Preface

ForwardDr. Heinz Meng

 Chapters:

1.      Introduction to North American Falconry

2.      The Falconer

3.      Problems and Legal Aspects

4.      The Nature of Predation

5.      The Birds of Falconry

6.      A Few Comparisons

7.      Hawk Furniture and Housing

8.      On Obtaining a Bird

9.      Field Equipment

10.  Eyass or Passager

11.  The Status of the Peregrine, Dr. Tom Cade

12.  Hoods and Hooding

Part I

Part II, Gene Johnson

13.  Lures and Luring

14.  The Peregrine Falcon, The Unhacke

15.  The Peregrine Falcon, The Arctic Migrants

16.  The Peregrine Falcon, Game Hawking

17.  The Peregrine Falcon

18.  The Peregrine Falcon, Eyass and Hack Hawks

19.  The Peregrine Falcon, Trapping Wild Birds

20.  Telemetry, Dr. James H Enderson

21.  Notes on the Gyrfalcon

22.  The Goshawk, with additions by Michael McDermott     

23.  The Cooper’s Hawk, with additions by Michael McDermott

24.  The Sharp-shinned Hawk, with additions by Michael McDermott

25.  Training the Accipiters – Imprinting,  Michael McDermott

26.  The Accipiters – Game Hawking,   Michael McDermott

27.  The Passage Goshawk, Ben G Ohlander

28.  The North American Merlin

29.  The North American Kestrel

Part I, with additions by Matthew Mullenix

Part II, Matthew Mullenix

30.  Conditioning

31.  Of Wind and Weather

32.  Of Moult and Feather

            Dr. Mike’s Foolproof Imping,  J Michael Person, DVM

33.  Shipping Raptors

34.  Pigeons

35.  Diseases, Ailments, and Injuries

Part I,  Patrick Reding, DVM

Part II,  Dr. Victoria Joseph, DVM

36.  Humble Beginnings, The Story of NAFA

37.  Transportation and Field Procedure

38.  Flying Passage Prairies on Sage Grouse,  Hubert Quade

39.  Breeding Falcons and Hawks in Captivity

Part I,  Dr. James H Enderson

Part II,  P A B (Pete) Widener, Jr.

40.  Two Buteos,  Greg Thomas

41.  Raising, Training, & Hunting the Harris’ Hawk

Part I,  Dr. Neil Smith

Part II,  Gene Johnson

42.  The Dogs of Falconry,  Hal Webster

English Pointers As Falconry Dogs,  Dale Guthormsen

43.  The Sky Trial Concept,  Rick Sharp

44.  The Kite Technique,  Dale Guthormsen

45.  The Future of Falconry

Anatomy Diagram,  Rick Kline

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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