ART OF FALCONRY
REVIVAL IN AUSTRALIA
“BETTER THAN SHOOTING” *
Dr. Eric Vere Corry, of Binnaway, New South Wales, has successfully transplanted to Australia the ancient art of falconry. With a hawk he caught in a tall tree ten years after returning to Australia from England, after World War 1., he began a career which has since included the training of eagles, falcons, goshawks, sparrow hawks, and Australian falcons for hunting game.
After learning to stand hooded on Dr. Cory’s wrist, the first, captive hawk made flights with a fishing line tied to one leg. Then it returned to his wrist without the line, and was put to hunting. Dr. Corry looks out each season for young birds. He likes particularly the peregrine falcons which’ usually nest in cliffs, returning, to the same place each year. “To some people,” he said recently, “falconry may seem slow, but it’s better sport than shooting.” » *
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 75, 20 January 1947, Page 4
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151ART OF FALCONRY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 75, 20 January 1947, Page 4
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