Falconers, from China through Central Asia down into the Middle East, up across Europe and on to the Americas, awake daily to begin a time honored management routine to prepare their birds for the field. The origins of the steps each falconer takes daily are often steeped in tradition, gleaned from experiences through centuries, learned from the falconers who preceded us. Yet we have changed more through the last 50 years with advancements in technology, methods of handling, conditioning and training our birds, and by dramatic new cures in raptor veterinary medicine, than any time in our long history
