A trained hawk is back home with its falconer, after it showed up at the home of an east-side couple who lured it into a dog crate and took it to a wildlife rescue center.
Henry Brean Therese May and Geroge Reel see plenty of wildlife at their east-side home near Saguaro National Park, but the visitor that dropped in on Mother’s Day was something new.
“Then she flew right at me, and I ducked,” May said with a laugh. “It wasn’t an attack thing. She almost flew at me like ‘Are you my mother?’ or whatever.” With their visitor finally in hand, they called around in search of help. They also posted a picture of the caged bird — with the caption “Who’s missing their hawk?” — in a Facebook group for desert wildlife enthusiasts.“It didn’t look stressed. It looked curious,” May said. “It wasn’t flapping around, but I’m sure it was ready to go home.”
“That is something that does happen, but I’d say it’s infrequent,” said Kenneth Jacobson, raptor management coordinator for Game and Fish. “Once a year or so, we get a call about a hawk with jesses that’s flying around Phoenix or Tucson.” For the birdsRaptors used for falconry are either trapped in the wild or obtained through captive-breeding programs. Jacobson said falconers are required to maintain an up-to-date inventory with the state, reporting any new additions or birds that die or escape.
Falconry dates back thousands of years and generally involves training a captive raptor to hunt small game. Professional falconers are still used today to control pest birds and animals at commercial buildings, airports, landfills and other urban settings.
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