Falconry: An Ancient But Not Forgotten Sport Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 7:00 PM
Falconry is the sport of hunting with the use of a trained bird of prey. This ancient sport dates back nearly 4,000 years ago. Greatly popular in Europe during medieval times, falconry was a favorite past time and a status symbol of the upper classes, and the practice maintained its popularity until somewhere around the French Revolution. Some famous falconers in history include Empress Catherine of Russian, Mary, Queen of Scots (proving that falconry was just as much a ladies sport as a man’s!), King Henry VIII, Pope Leo X and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. Tonight Chris Paparo will discuss the history, techniques, types of birds used and other topics as well as the process to become a falconer. At the end of the talk, attendees will meet Chris’ red-tailed hawk, Emmy. About the speaker: Born and raised on Long Island (New York), Chris Paparo has been exploring the wilds of the island for over 30 years. As a wildlife photographer, writer and lecturer, he enjoys bringing public awareness to the diverse wildlife that calls the island home. His passion for coastal ecology, fishing and the outdoors led him to obtain a BS in Marine Science from LIU/Southampton and currently manages the new Marine Sciences Center at the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University. In addition to freelance writing for several fishing and wildlife related publications, Paparo currently writes monthly columns for On The Water Magazine and the Northforker. Although is work tends to focus on marine life, everything in the natural world is fair game. Location: Cold Spring Harbor Library and Environmental Center, 95 Harbor Road (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. Downstairs meeting room. Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon protects wildlife and habitat through conservation action, education, advocacy and impactful partnerships. Some of our current initiatives include grassland habitat restoration projects at Underhill and Stillwell Woods Preserves, sponsoring a "Kids and Birds" curriculum in seven remote village schools in Guatemala as part of our International Partnership program, fighting to protect menhaden as active members of the Herring Alliance, participants in the Be a Good Egg Campaign through our Conservation Through Art workshops, working with the hamlet of Oyster Bay to create a Bird Friendly Community and working with prominent developers to build new developments in a bird safe and friendly manner.For more information on our programs and to learn more on how you can help birds and other wildlife, please visit our website. Best Regards, Stella MillerPresidentHuntington-Oyster Bay Audubon "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
