falconer

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The talismanic vocabulary of falconry is threaded through this raw-nerved memoir by an experienced British falconer who dealt with the pain of losing a father by training a young goshawk called Mabel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

A falconer captivated by the natural sciences, he once considered becoming a wildlife illustrator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The locals say Agnes is the “child of a forest witch” and she is indeed extraordinary: an able herbalist, beekeeper and falconer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

Mr Housden said Bomber Harris - a non-native South American species - was likely a captive-bred bird that had lost its falconer.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

When a falconer fed his bird, he stroked her with one of her own feathers, often accompanying the feeding and stroking with a scrap of melody: always the same song.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz