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  2. Falconry - Wikipedia

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    The practice of hunting with a conditioned falconry bird is also called "hawking" or "gamehawking", although the words hawking and hawker have become used so much to refer to petty traveling traders, that the terms "falconer" and "falconry" now apply to most use of trained birds of prey to catch game. However, many contemporary practitioners ...

  3. Cotton Ivy - Wikipedia

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    Ivy made four albums with the booking agency Top Billing and was a member of the Country Music Association.During his entertainment career he appeared on Hee Haw. [4] [8] While serving in the state legislature Ivy sponsored a resolution, which was presented by Governor Ned McWherter, alongside Representative John S. Tanner to honor Tandy Clinton Rice Jr. for his contributions to Nashville ...

  4. These are the animals other than Punxsutawney Phil that will ...

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    Back for the 10th year, Scramble the Duck will once again make his winter forecast prediction at the Ivy Glenn Memorial in Eastford, Connecticut. Fans of Scramble also celebrate Feb. 2 as Duck Day ...

  5. Upland hunting - Wikipedia

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    Upland hunters use all types of shotguns from break-action single-shots to semi-automatics, calibered from .410 bore through to 12-gauge.The quintessential shotgun for upland hunting is a double-barrel shotgun in a smaller gauge such as a 16-, 20-or 28-gauge, using small round pellets known as birdshots, which are also commonly used in duck hunting.

  6. On the hunt for 100 bird species in one month, from ... - AOL

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    On the hunt for 100 bird species in one month, from nuthatches to bald eagles. Gannett. Hans Kunze. February 26, 2024 at 4:45 AM.

  7. Bird trapping - Wikipedia

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    Bird trapping techniques to capture wild birds include a wide range of techniques that have their origins in the hunting of birds for food. While hunting for food does not require birds to be caught alive, some trapping techniques capture birds without harming them and are of use in ornithology research.

  8. Percy Powell-Cotton - Wikipedia

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    Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, FZS, FRGS, FRAI, JP (20 September 1866 – 26 June 1940) [1] was an English explorer and hunter. He is most noted for the creation of the Powell-Cotton Museum in the grounds of his home, Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England.

  9. List of birds by common name - Wikipedia

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    In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents