MANCHESTER, Vt. -- With a few, quick beats of its wings, the well-poised raptor flies to my outstretched, gloved hand and waits patiently for my command. This close-up experience provides a rare ...

At the edge of a shady green grove in Hadley, light streams through the forest canopy in thin shafts. It speckles the grassy floor below, where three large birds of prey sit awkwardly, tethered with ...

“It’s not like a shotgun, where you can put it away at the end of the season and it’s fine,” said Lynn Appelman, a longtime falconer. His bird, Houdini, lives in a heated enclosure and requires daily ...