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2. Hawking (birds) - Wikipedia

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   Brown honeyeater, one of a group hawking from a Casuarina White-fronted chat, returning to a perch with insects caught in flight. The various methods of taking insects have been categorized as: gleaning (perched bird takes prey from branch or tree trunk), snatching (flying bird takes prey from ground or branch), hawking (bird leaves perch and takes prey from air), pouncing (bird drops to ...

3. Falconry training and technique - Wikipedia

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   Various pieces of falconry equipment (Hunt Museum, Ireland) — includes rings, call, bell and hood from the 17th–20th centuriesThe bird wears: A hood, which is used in the manning process (acclimatising to humans and the human world) and to keep the raptor in a calm state, both in the early part of its training and throughout its falconry career.

4. English Carrier pigeon - Wikipedia

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   Charles Darwin wrote of the Carrier in The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, "This is a fine bird, of large size, close feathered, generally dark–coloured, with an elongated neck". [5] Darwin compared the dimensions of the breed to the rock dove, showing the length of the Carrier to be nearly double that of the rock dove ...

5. Homing pigeon - Wikipedia

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   The pigeon holes may be seen in the mosque's minarets to this day. In 1818, a great pigeon race called the Cannonball Run took place at Brussels . [ 14 ] In 1860, Paul Reuter , who later founded Reuters press agency, used a fleet of over 45 pigeons to deliver news and stock prices between Brussels and Aachen , the terminus of early telegraph lines.

6. Bird loves to perch on dog's head - AOL

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   The 10 carry-on essentials that make for a first-class experience, according to pilots

7. Birdcage - Wikipedia

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   A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets. Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. [ 1 ]