1 00:00:00,033 --> 00:00:04,533 >> COREY BASHAM: LET'S GO. 2 00:00:04,533 --> 00:00:07,566 GO AHEAD. 3 00:00:07,566 --> 00:00:08,433 >> TERRI ALLARD: OUR GUEST TODAY 4 00:00:08,433 --> 00:00:09,866 LEARNED ABOUT FALCONRY AT THE 5 00:00:09,866 --> 00:00:10,633 AGE OF EIGHT. 6 00:00:10,633 --> 00:00:12,100 AND HE'S BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT 7 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:14,400 THIS ANCIENT SPORT AND ART EVER 8 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,000 SINCE. 9 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,000 JOIN US TODAY AS WE VISIT WITH 10 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,366 FALCONER KEVIN MARKEY. 11 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:21,800 COME ON! 12 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:22,866 COME ON! 13 00:00:22,866 --> 00:00:25,066 [LAUGHTER] 14 00:00:25,066 --> 00:00:26,133 >> KEVIN MARKEY: FALCONRY IS A 15 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:28,566 4000 YEAR OLD SPORT THAT I GUESS 16 00:00:28,566 --> 00:00:30,433 BOILS DOWN TO IT IS THE ART OF 17 00:00:30,433 --> 00:00:33,600 TRAINING A WILD HAWK OR FALCON 18 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,200 OR OWL TO HUNT. 19 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,966 SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE NOT 20 00:00:37,966 --> 00:00:38,966 ACTUALLY TRAINING THEM TO HUNT. 21 00:00:38,966 --> 00:00:39,933 THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO HUNT, 22 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:40,733 NATURE HAS GIVEN THEM THOSE 23 00:00:40,733 --> 00:00:42,433 SKILLS, WHAT WE'RE TRAINING THEM 24 00:00:42,433 --> 00:00:44,766 TO DO IS TO COME BACK TO US AND 25 00:00:44,766 --> 00:00:46,566 TO ALLOW US TO BE PART OF THEIR 26 00:00:46,566 --> 00:00:48,000 GAME AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING 27 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,266 EVERY DAY. 28 00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:51,533 AND THAT'S THE HARD PART. 29 00:00:51,533 --> 00:00:52,633 THEY'RE WILD ANIMALS. 30 00:00:52,633 --> 00:00:53,900 THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO 31 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:56,633 BE RIGHT NEXT TO HUMAN BEINGS SO 32 00:00:56,633 --> 00:00:59,066 THAT CAN TAKE TWO WEEKS OR TWO 33 00:00:59,066 --> 00:00:59,733 MONTHS. 34 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:00,966 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND TELL US A 35 00:01:00,966 --> 00:01:01,966 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF 36 00:01:01,966 --> 00:01:03,833 THIS SPORT BECAUSE IT GOES VERY 37 00:01:03,833 --> 00:01:04,833 FAR BACK. 38 00:01:04,833 --> 00:01:05,466 >> KEVIN MARKEY: YEAH, SO IT'S A 39 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:07,600 4000 YEAR OLD SPORT THAT STARTED 40 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:08,500 IN SOME PEOPLE THINK IN 41 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:11,600 MONGOLIA, NORTHERN CHINA. 42 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,000 THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT 43 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,066 STARTED ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO IN 44 00:01:15,066 --> 00:01:17,100 MESOPOTAMIA, THERE ARE 45 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:19,733 PICTOGRAPHS THAT SHOW PEOPLE 46 00:01:19,733 --> 00:01:21,633 HOLDING BIRDS ON THEIR FISTS. 47 00:01:21,633 --> 00:01:23,233 SO THE SPORT TRAVELS THROUGHOUT 48 00:01:23,233 --> 00:01:25,500 CHINA, THE GREAT KHANS, GENGIS 49 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:27,433 KHAN AND KUBLA KHAN PRACTICED 50 00:01:27,433 --> 00:01:29,466 IT, AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GO 51 00:01:29,466 --> 00:01:32,533 OUT ON TRIPS WITH 10,000 PEOPLE 52 00:01:32,533 --> 00:01:34,533 ELEPHANT BACK AND THEN IT 53 00:01:34,533 --> 00:01:36,600 TRAVELS WITH THE SILK ROUTE INTO 54 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:37,733 THE MIDDLE EAST. 55 00:01:37,733 --> 00:01:39,633 AND THEN IN TO EUROPE WITH THE 56 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:42,733 CRUSADES AND IT REMAINED POPULAR 57 00:01:42,733 --> 00:01:44,666 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 58 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:46,533 IT PROBABLY CAME TO AMERICA WITH 59 00:01:46,533 --> 00:01:48,066 THE FIRST SHIPS, THERE WERE 60 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:49,566 PROBABLY FALCONERS AT PLYMOUTH 61 00:01:49,566 --> 00:01:52,533 ROCK, BUT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW UP 62 00:01:52,533 --> 00:01:55,600 IN AMERICAN HISTORY UNTIL THE 63 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,466 END OF WORLD WAR I WHEN THE US 64 00:01:57,466 --> 00:01:58,733 GIS CAME BACK. 65 00:01:58,733 --> 00:02:00,000 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND YOU LEARNED 66 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,233 ABOUT FALCONRY FROM A NEIGHBOR 67 00:02:02,233 --> 00:02:03,333 WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT EIGHT AND 68 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:05,166 YOU WERE SO EXCITED, TELL US 69 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:07,333 ABOUT YOUR FIRST BIRD. 70 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:08,233 >> KEVIN MARKEY: SO I SAW 71 00:02:08,233 --> 00:02:09,466 FALCONRY FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN 72 00:02:09,466 --> 00:02:10,700 I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND THAT 73 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:12,533 WAS 51 YEARS AGO. 74 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:15,366 AND I SAW A BIRD HUNTING AND A 75 00:02:15,366 --> 00:02:16,466 FRIEND OF MINE AND I 76 00:02:16,466 --> 00:02:17,900 HEARD BELLS WHICH 77 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:19,166 WE THOUGHT WAS SORT OF ODD AND 78 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:20,666 WE WATCHED THIS BIRD TAKE A 79 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:22,166 SQUIRREL TO THE GROUND, ACTUALLY 80 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:23,966 A FLYING SQUIRREL, AND THIS 81 00:02:23,966 --> 00:02:25,433 GENTLEMAN CAME OUT OF THE WOODS 82 00:02:25,433 --> 00:02:26,900 WITH A GLOVE ON HIS HAND AND 83 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:27,566 TOLD US WE'LL SHOW YOU ANYTHING 84 00:02:27,566 --> 00:02:28,933 YOU WANT JUST DON'T TOUCH THE 85 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:31,600 BIRD AND HE EXPLAINED FALCONRY 86 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,600 TO US AND AT THE TIME BEING AN 87 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,200 EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY THIS WAS A 88 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:36,833 REALLY COOL THING. 89 00:02:36,833 --> 00:02:39,333 SO I ASKED MY FATHER TO CHASE 90 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:41,066 THE SPORT DOWN OR HELP ME CHASE 91 00:02:41,066 --> 00:02:42,200 IT SO WE WROTE LETTERS AND THERE 92 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,833 WAS NO INTERNET IN 1966 AND WE 93 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:47,066 WERE NEVER ABLE TO FIND ANYONE 94 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:48,700 ELSE WHO WAS A FALCONER BUT I 95 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:51,733 DID SEE THE BACK OF A BOY 96 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:53,700 SCOUT'S MAGAZINE THAT SAID BE A 97 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:56,566 FALCONER AND SEND $37.50 TO THIS 98 00:02:56,566 --> 00:02:58,066 ADDRESS AND THEY'LL SEND YOU A 99 00:02:58,066 --> 00:03:01,266 BIRD, WHICH OF COURSE I DID WITH 100 00:03:01,266 --> 00:03:02,966 SOME HELP FROM MY GRANDMOTHER. 101 00:03:02,966 --> 00:03:04,566 AND THE BIRD SHOWED UP ABOUT TWO 102 00:03:04,566 --> 00:03:06,100 WEEKS LATER, IT SAID LIVE ANIMAL 103 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:07,266 ON THE BOX AND WE OPENED IT UP 104 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:08,233 AND THERE WAS A HAWK INSIDE THE 105 00:03:08,233 --> 00:03:09,633 BOX. 106 00:03:09,633 --> 00:03:11,300 AND WHEN MY FATHER FOUND OUT AND 107 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,033 MY MOM FOUND OUT IT WASN'T A 108 00:03:13,033 --> 00:03:15,700 GREAT IDEA FOR A 8-YEAR-OLD. 109 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:17,666 SO HE MADE A PHONE CALL AND WE 110 00:03:17,666 --> 00:03:19,766 SHIPPED THE BIRD BACK AND THEY 111 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:22,700 SENT US A CHECK AS A REFUND BUT 112 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:23,933 THAT WAS A BEGINNING OF A 113 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:26,566 JOURNEY FOR ME, AND A LIFELONG 114 00:03:26,566 --> 00:03:27,566 JOURNEY. 115 00:03:27,566 --> 00:03:28,800 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL, AND LET'S 116 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,633 TALK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE OBVIOUS 117 00:03:30,633 --> 00:03:33,733 AN 8-YEAR-OLD, 9-YEAR-OLD, 118 00:03:33,733 --> 00:03:36,466 SHOULDN'T HAVE A BIRD PER SE AND 119 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:37,600 BE A FALCONER. 120 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,566 BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TIME AND 121 00:03:40,566 --> 00:03:43,400 TRAINING TO BECOME A FALCONER 122 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,333 THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE A 123 00:03:45,333 --> 00:03:45,766 FALCONER. 124 00:03:45,766 --> 00:03:47,166 SO TALK ABOUT THAT. 125 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:49,166 >> KEVIN MARKEY: SO, NOW AFTER 126 00:03:49,166 --> 00:03:50,766 1972 WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES 127 00:03:50,766 --> 00:03:53,233 ACT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER TREATY 128 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:54,900 ACTS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY 129 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,766 THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, 130 00:03:56,766 --> 00:03:59,100 YOU HAVE TO DO AN EXAM, YOU HAVE 131 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,766 TO TAKE A NATIONAL EXAM, YOU 132 00:04:01,766 --> 00:04:02,833 HAVE TO DO A TWO-YEAR 133 00:04:02,833 --> 00:04:03,866 APPRENTICESHIP WITH ANOTHER 134 00:04:03,866 --> 00:04:05,333 FALCONER SO ALL OF THAT THAT 135 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:06,733 TAKES TIME, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING 136 00:04:06,733 --> 00:04:08,366 TO TAKE TWO YEARS. 137 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:09,466 IN THAT TWO-YEAR PERIOD YOU 'RE 138 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:11,666 GOING TO SPEND HOURS AND HOURS 139 00:04:11,666 --> 00:04:13,166 WITH THAT BIRD ON YOUR HAND OR 140 00:04:13,166 --> 00:04:15,366 WITH THAT BIRD IN THE WOODS SO 141 00:04:15,366 --> 00:04:17,000 IT JUST REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME, 142 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,866 RIGHT NOW I HAVE THREE BIRDS. 143 00:04:18,866 --> 00:04:20,933 SO IT DOESN'T TRIPLE MY TIME 144 00:04:20,933 --> 00:04:22,900 NECESSARILY BUT IT STILL AN HOUR 145 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:25,433 TO TWO HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY 146 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:26,900 THAT I SPEND WITH THE BIRDS 147 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:27,800 EITHER FEEDING THEM OR TAKING 148 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,300 CARE OF THEM, CLEANING THEIR 149 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:30,700 FACILITIES, GETTING THEM READY 150 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:33,166 FOR THE HUNT THE NEXT DAY OR 151 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:33,833 THAT WEEKEND. 152 00:04:33,833 --> 00:04:36,566 SO WHEN MY WIFE AND I TRAVEL WE 153 00:04:36,566 --> 00:04:37,666 TAKE THE BIRDS WITH US. 154 00:04:37,666 --> 00:04:38,666 >> TERRI ALLARD: ON VACATION THE 155 00:04:38,666 --> 00:04:39,433 BIRDS GO TOO. 156 00:04:39,433 --> 00:04:40,266 >> KEVIN MARKEY: IF WE DO A 157 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:43,600 WEEKEND, WE WERE JUST IN THE 158 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,933 EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND WE 159 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:45,900 TOOK THE BIRDS WITH US. 160 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:47,300 SO I'M SITTING ON THE TAILGATE 161 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:49,733 OF OUR VEHICLE AND PEOPLE ARE 162 00:04:49,733 --> 00:04:51,300 GATHERING AROUND ASKING 163 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:52,333 QUESTIONS. 164 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:53,466 BUT IT IS A VERY TIME-CONSUMING 165 00:04:53,466 --> 00:04:57,400 SPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON'T 166 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,800 HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE WHO HAVE 167 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,400 TO DEPEND ON THEIR PARENTS TO 168 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,966 REALLY GET INVOLVED. 169 00:05:02,966 --> 00:05:05,133 AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO 170 00:05:05,133 --> 00:05:06,200 IMPRESS UPON PEOPLE WHEN THEY 171 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,500 SAY I WANT TO BE A FALCONER, IS 172 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:09,700 ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE YOUR 173 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:10,466 LIFE? 174 00:05:10,466 --> 00:05:11,633 THIS IS NOT A SPORT FOR US 175 00:05:11,633 --> 00:05:12,166 ANYMORE. 176 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:13,833 THIS IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR US. 177 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:15,200 THIS IS A LIFESTYLE FOR DONNA 178 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,200 AND I. 179 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,066 WE TRAVEL WITH THE BIRDS. 180 00:05:18,066 --> 00:05:20,833 DONNA IS AS MUCH A SPOKESPERSON 181 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:22,300 FOR FALCONRY AS I AM. 182 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:24,233 SHE KNOWS AS MUCH AS I DO. 183 00:05:24,233 --> 00:05:25,833 OVER THE YEARS SHE ACTUALLY 184 00:05:25,833 --> 00:05:26,966 INTRODUCED ME TO MY FIRST 185 00:05:26,966 --> 00:05:27,400 FALCONER. 186 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:27,966 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL, LET'S 187 00:05:27,966 --> 00:05:29,466 TALK ABOUT, OKAY HOW DOES THE 188 00:05:29,466 --> 00:05:31,700 SPORT, HOW DOES IT WORK? 189 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:32,333 >> KEVIN MARKEY: SO ONCE THE 190 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,433 BIRD IS TRAINED AND ITS REALLY 191 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:35,866 COMFORTABLE COMING BACK TO YOUR 192 00:05:35,866 --> 00:05:37,533 FIST TO A SMALL PIECE OF MEAT 193 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:39,166 YOU TAKE THEM OUT TO THE WOODS. 194 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,033 SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE HUNTING 195 00:05:41,033 --> 00:05:42,333 PART OF THIS, ITS BUILT INTO 196 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:43,733 THEIR DNA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 197 00:05:43,733 --> 00:05:44,533 NECESSARILY TRAIN THEM, 198 00:05:44,533 --> 00:05:45,466 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO SOME 199 00:05:45,466 --> 00:05:47,800 THINGS TO HELP THEM ALONG, BUT 200 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,100 FOR THE MOST PART THEY GET IT. 201 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,000 SO YOU TAKE THE BIRD INTO THE 202 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,300 WOODS OR INTO AN OPEN FIELD, YOU 203 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:55,300 RELEASE THEM FROM YOUR HAND. 204 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:56,500 SO NOW YOU NO LONGER HAVE 205 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:57,666 CONTROL OF WHAT'S GOING TO 206 00:05:57,666 --> 00:06:01,566 HAPPEN AND MANY TIMES OVER MY 35 207 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:03,400 YEARS IN THE SPORT ALL KINDS OF 208 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:04,166 CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN. 209 00:06:04,166 --> 00:06:07,100 THE BIRDS FLY AWAY, THE BIRDS 210 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,433 LAND ON A CHICKEN COOP, THE 211 00:06:09,433 --> 00:06:11,133 BIRDS LAND ON SOMEONE'S HOUSE 212 00:06:11,133 --> 00:06:13,500 AND THEY WON'T COME BACK OR THEY 213 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:15,166 FLY VERY ACTIVELY RIGHT ALONG 214 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,966 BESIDE YOU AND THEY HUNT. 215 00:06:16,966 --> 00:06:19,466 AND THEN WE'RE THERE AS MOSTLY 216 00:06:19,466 --> 00:06:21,866 TO BE THE BIRD DOG. 217 00:06:21,866 --> 00:06:22,600 WE'RE THE BIRD DOGS IN THE 218 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,500 OPERATION. 219 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:24,700 SO I'M BEATING THE BRUSH, 220 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:26,066 LOOKING FOR GAME FOR THEM TO 221 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:28,033 CHASE AND ONCE THEY PUT TOGETHER 222 00:06:28,033 --> 00:06:30,000 THAT, HEY, A RABBIT RAN OUT WITH 223 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,533 THAT HUMAN THEN THEY START TO 224 00:06:31,533 --> 00:06:33,100 PUT THAT TOGETHER, THEY STAY 225 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:34,433 WITH YOU EVEN MORE. 226 00:06:34,433 --> 00:06:35,200 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT, AND THEY 227 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:36,600 HUNT, HARRIS HAWKS HUNT IN 228 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,433 PACKS. 229 00:06:37,433 --> 00:06:38,933 YOU BECOME PART OF THE PACK. 230 00:06:38,933 --> 00:06:39,600 >> KEVIN MARKEY: YES. 231 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:39,866 YOU DO. 232 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:41,466 SO THE TIGHTER THE PACK STAYS, 233 00:06:41,466 --> 00:06:42,833 THE CLOSER THE BIRDS STAY TO 234 00:06:42,833 --> 00:06:43,566 YOU. 235 00:06:43,566 --> 00:06:44,700 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I 236 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:46,000 LOVE HARRIS HAWKS IS BECAUSE OF 237 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,166 THE PACK HUNTING AND THE TEAM 238 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:48,766 HUNTING ASPECT, THEY'RE THE ONLY 239 00:06:48,766 --> 00:06:50,133 SPECIES OF RAPTORS IN THE WORLD 240 00:06:50,133 --> 00:06:51,333 THAT DO THAT. 241 00:06:51,333 --> 00:06:53,200 SO IT'S KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE 242 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,000 A PACK OF BIRDS HUNTING AND 243 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,266 THEY'RE HUNTING, AND THEY'RE NOT 244 00:06:56,266 --> 00:06:57,133 JUST HUNTING, THEY'RE HUNTING 245 00:06:57,133 --> 00:06:58,033 COLLECTIVELY, EACH ONE OF THEM 246 00:06:58,033 --> 00:06:59,900 HAS A ROLE, ONE'S HIGH, ONE'S 247 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:01,266 LOW, ONE'S LEFT, ONE'S RIGHT, 248 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:03,200 ONE'S A FLUSHER. 249 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,600 AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO 250 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,966 WATCH, ITS SPECTACULAR. 251 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:06,566 >>TERRI: BUT THEY'RE 252 00:07:06,566 --> 00:07:07,200 NOT PETS. 253 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,100 >> KEVIN MARKEY: NO, NOT AT ALL. 254 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,233 NEVER, THEY'RE NOT PETS. 255 00:07:10,233 --> 00:07:13,000 THERE OUR HUNTING PARTNERS, IT'S 256 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,066 A PARTNERSHIP FOR US IN THE 257 00:07:15,066 --> 00:07:16,600 WILD. 258 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:17,466 THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE GOING 259 00:07:17,466 --> 00:07:19,166 TO DO IN NATURE ANYWAY. 260 00:07:19,166 --> 00:07:21,133 WE JUST GET A FRONT ROW SEAT AND 261 00:07:21,133 --> 00:07:21,866 ITS AMAZING. 262 00:07:21,866 --> 00:07:23,333 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL WHEN THEY 263 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:24,833 LIVE ON THEIR OWN IN NATURE, 264 00:07:24,833 --> 00:07:28,133 THEIR LIFESPAN AS A HARRIS HAWK 265 00:07:28,133 --> 00:07:29,700 IS MAYBE SIX YEARS, RIGHT, BUT 266 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:32,200 IN CAPTIVITY THEY LIVE LONGER. 267 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:32,833 >> KEVIN MARKEY: THEY LIVE MUCH 268 00:07:32,833 --> 00:07:33,566 LONGER, THEY GET VET CARE, THEY 269 00:07:33,566 --> 00:07:35,000 GET REGULAR MEALS, IF THEY'RE 270 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,600 INJURED THEY GET TAKEN CARE OF. 271 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,500 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HEAR OF A 272 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:41,400 HARRIS HAWK OR ANY HAWK OR A 273 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,866 FALCON TO LIVE 10 OR 15 YEARS. 274 00:07:43,866 --> 00:07:44,866 THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN 275 00:07:44,866 --> 00:07:46,900 MARYLAND WHOSE BIRD WAS 35 YEARS 276 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:47,233 OLD. 277 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:47,766 >> TERRI ALLARD: OH, MY 278 00:07:47,766 --> 00:07:48,500 GOODNESS. 279 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:49,066 >> KEVIN MARKEY: AND THE 280 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:49,666 GENTLEMAN'S NAME WAS FLOYD 281 00:07:49,666 --> 00:07:51,066 PRESLEY AND THE BIRD'S NAME WAS 282 00:07:51,066 --> 00:07:54,233 ELVIS AND HIS HARRIS HAWK WAS 35 283 00:07:54,233 --> 00:07:54,933 YEARS OLD. 284 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:56,033 >> TERRI ALLARD: SO HOW MANY 285 00:07:56,033 --> 00:07:58,433 FALCONERS IN VIRGINIA AND IN THE 286 00:07:58,433 --> 00:07:59,533 COUNTRY? 287 00:07:59,533 --> 00:08:01,100 >> KEVIN MARKEY: THERE'S ABOUT 288 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:03,100 70 TO 80 THAT ARE ACTIVELY IN 289 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:03,966 THE STATE THAT ARE ACTIVELY 290 00:08:03,966 --> 00:08:05,266 HUNTING AND THEN THERE'S 291 00:08:05,266 --> 00:08:07,600 PROBABLY ANOTHER 25 MAYBE A 292 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:08,633 LITTLE BIT MORE THAT HAVE 293 00:08:08,633 --> 00:08:10,066 LICENSES BUT THEY DON'T ACTIVELY 294 00:08:10,066 --> 00:08:11,366 HUNT. 295 00:08:11,366 --> 00:08:13,100 THERE'S ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN; 296 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:14,800 4,000 AND 4,500 IN THE WHOLE 297 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,700 COUNTRY BUT IT'S PRACTICED ALL 298 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:20,866 OVER THE WORLD AND SO A FEW 299 00:08:20,866 --> 00:08:23,066 YEARS AGO WE RECEIVED UNESCO 300 00:08:23,066 --> 00:08:25,133 WORLD HERITAGE STATUS BECAUSE 301 00:08:25,133 --> 00:08:27,366 THE SPORT IS 4,000 YEARS OLD AND 302 00:08:27,366 --> 00:08:28,600 IT'S PRACTICED ON THE ENTIRE 303 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,766 PLANET WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 304 00:08:29,766 --> 00:08:30,600 PROBABLY THE ARCTIC. 305 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,800 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND WHAT -- YOU 306 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:32,733 SAY THERE'S SOME RULES. 307 00:08:32,733 --> 00:08:34,333 THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOLDEN RULES 308 00:08:34,333 --> 00:08:35,400 ABOUT FALCONRY. 309 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:36,833 >> KEVIN MARKEY: YEAH, SO YOU 310 00:08:36,833 --> 00:08:38,533 NEVER STEAL FOOD FROM THE BIRD. 311 00:08:38,533 --> 00:08:39,600 >> TERRI ALLARD: THAT'S NICE. 312 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,133 THAT'S GOOD. 313 00:08:40,133 --> 00:08:41,300 >> KEVIN MARKEY: SO MOST OF THE 314 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:42,233 RABBITS OR THE SQUIRRELS GO TO 315 00:08:42,233 --> 00:08:45,066 THE BIRDS SO YOU NEVER WANT TO 316 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:45,733 STEAL FOOD. 317 00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:46,866 WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THESE 318 00:08:46,866 --> 00:08:49,000 BIRDS THAT THE GAME THAT THEY 319 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,333 CATCH IS THEIRS. 320 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:51,966 NOW, WE DO A FAIRLY ELABORATE 321 00:08:51,966 --> 00:08:55,166 SORT OF SCAM THAT WE TRADE THOSE 322 00:08:55,166 --> 00:08:58,533 HEADS OF GAME FOR TIDBITS OR 323 00:08:58,533 --> 00:09:00,466 PIECES OF MEAT AND SO IT MEANS 324 00:09:00,466 --> 00:09:02,100 COVERING THE GAME UP, TRADING 325 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:03,100 THEM OFF OF IT. 326 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:04,400 BUT THEY NEVER SEE US STEALING 327 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:05,266 THE FOOD. 328 00:09:05,266 --> 00:09:06,533 AND IF THEY DO THEY GET A LITTLE 329 00:09:06,533 --> 00:09:08,400 UPPITY ABOUT THAT AND THEN YOU 330 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,133 CAN HAVE A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE 331 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:11,233 THEN THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO WANT 332 00:09:11,233 --> 00:09:12,900 TO HUNT WITH YOU. 333 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:14,166 SO YOU NEVER WANT TO STEAL FOOD 334 00:09:14,166 --> 00:09:14,766 FROM THEM. 335 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:15,933 THEY GET REGULAR MEALS, THEY GET 336 00:09:15,933 --> 00:09:16,933 TAKEN CARE OF ON A REGULAR 337 00:09:16,933 --> 00:09:17,566 BASIS. 338 00:09:17,566 --> 00:09:18,933 YOU WANT TO FIND THEM GAME AS 339 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:22,033 OFTEN AS POSSIBLE OR THEY'LL BE 340 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:22,500 GOING TO GO WILD. 341 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:24,000 THEY ARE GOING TO GO NATIVE ON 342 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:24,833 YOU. 343 00:09:24,833 --> 00:09:26,633 AND THEY DON'T REALLY NEED YOU, 344 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:28,433 THEY'RE FREE FLYING SO YOU HAVE 345 00:09:28,433 --> 00:09:30,066 TO BE VERY CAREFUL, THERE'S THIS 346 00:09:30,066 --> 00:09:31,866 BALANCE THAT YOU'RE STRIKING 347 00:09:31,866 --> 00:09:32,666 WITH THEM THAT I WANT TO BE 348 00:09:32,666 --> 00:09:35,133 THERE, I WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU 349 00:09:35,133 --> 00:09:36,466 BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ALLOW 350 00:09:36,466 --> 00:09:37,566 THEM TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO 351 00:09:37,566 --> 00:09:37,800 DO. 352 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,566 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 353 00:09:38,566 --> 00:09:40,033 AND WHERE DO THEY FLY? 354 00:09:40,033 --> 00:09:41,033 I MEAN -- 355 00:09:41,033 --> 00:09:41,600 >> KEVIN MARKEY: EVERYWHERE. 356 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,400 WELL, EACH BIRD HAS ITS OWN TYPE 357 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,133 OF AREAS BECAUSE OF THE PREY 358 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:47,000 THAT THEY ARE CHASING YOU KNOW 359 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,700 GENETICALLY OVER EONS OF TIME 360 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:49,533 THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN THESE 361 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:51,166 ABILITIES, A FALCON BEING VERY 362 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:52,766 FAST TO HUNT OUT IN THE OPEN AND 363 00:09:52,766 --> 00:09:54,700 CHASE OTHER BIRDS, RED-TAIL 364 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:56,500 HAWKS BEING BIG AND STRONG. 365 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:58,133 EAGLES BEING BIG AND STRONG. 366 00:09:58,133 --> 00:09:59,166 EACH ONE OF THEM HAS SPECIAL 367 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:02,600 SKILLS SO THEIR TERRITORY LIKES 368 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,433 THAT SORT OF SKILL AND YOU TRY 369 00:10:05,433 --> 00:10:07,066 TO MATCH UP THE TWO OF THEM THE 370 00:10:07,066 --> 00:10:07,866 BEST YOU CAN. 371 00:10:07,866 --> 00:10:09,566 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND YOU TALK 372 00:10:09,566 --> 00:10:12,066 ABOUT FALCONRY IN SCHOOLS AND AT 373 00:10:12,066 --> 00:10:14,133 UVA AND PVCC, TALK ABOUT SOME OF 374 00:10:14,133 --> 00:10:16,233 THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH YOU DO. 375 00:10:16,233 --> 00:10:17,633 >> KEVIN MARKEY: SO MANY, MANY 376 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:18,600 YEARS AGO ONE OF THE GENTLEME 377 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,766 THAT GOT ME STARTED IN NEW YORK 378 00:10:20,766 --> 00:10:22,000 TOLD ME OF A COUPLE OF RULES 379 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,400 THAT I HAD TO ABIDE BY. 380 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:24,833 AND ONE OF THEM, YOU MENTIONED 381 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:26,300 PETKEEPING, HE SAID THESE 382 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:27,700 ANIMALS CAN NEVER BE PETS, 383 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:28,366 THEY'RE JUST NEVER GOING TO BE 384 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:29,366 YOUR PET. 385 00:10:29,366 --> 00:10:31,400 AND THE OTHER THING WAS, HE 386 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,600 WANTED ME TO DO EDUCATIONAL 387 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,600 THINGS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN TO 388 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,033 SHOW THEM THESE BIRDS UP CLOSE. 389 00:10:39,033 --> 00:10:40,766 BUT I LOVE DOING EDUCATIONAL 390 00:10:40,766 --> 00:10:41,266 PROGRAMS. 391 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:42,833 I'VE DONE A BIOLOGY CLASS AT 392 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:45,433 PVCC AND SOME THINGS AT UVA AND 393 00:10:45,433 --> 00:10:46,600 OF COURSE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 394 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,233 ALL AROUND. 395 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:49,466 AND THE KIDS THINK THE BIRDS ARE 396 00:10:49,466 --> 00:10:51,166 PRETTY AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE 397 00:10:51,166 --> 00:10:52,400 VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY 398 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:52,800 CHASE. 399 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,800 SO I TOLD THIS ONE CLASS THAT 400 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,800 THEY CHASED SNAKES AND LIZARDS 401 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,266 AND BUGS AND THIS LITTLE GIRL 402 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:01,900 RAISED HER HAND AND SHE SAID, I 403 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,333 REALLY LIKE YOUR BIRD AND SAID 404 00:11:03,333 --> 00:11:03,900 WHY, AND SHE SAID BECAUSE I 405 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:05,200 DON'T LIKE SNAKES. 406 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,300 BUT I DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY CHASE 407 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:08,633 RABBITS BECAUSE RABBITS ARE CUTE 408 00:11:08,633 --> 00:11:10,000 AND THEY'RE PETS A LOT OF TIMES 409 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,366 SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PLAY TO 410 00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:12,366 YOUR AUDIENCE. 411 00:11:12,366 --> 00:11:14,866 >> TERRI ALLARD: SO KNOWING THAT 412 00:11:14,866 --> 00:11:17,000 IT IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING 413 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,733 THAT REQUIRES SO MUCH TIME, AND 414 00:11:18,733 --> 00:11:22,600 SO MUCH ENERGY AND TRAINING, WHY 415 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,366 IS IT THAT YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE 416 00:11:24,366 --> 00:11:24,766 ABOUT FALCONRY? 417 00:11:24,766 --> 00:11:26,166 >> KEVIN MARKEY: OH, BOY! 418 00:11:26,166 --> 00:11:28,066 I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 419 00:11:28,066 --> 00:11:29,000 >> TERRI ALLARD: BUT YOU ARE. 420 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:29,933 >> KEVIN MARKEY: I KNOW I AM. 421 00:11:29,933 --> 00:11:31,400 UNFORTUNATELY TO THE 422 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,000 DETRIMENT OF MANY OTHER THINGS 423 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,400 IT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD, THAT VERY 424 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,033 FIRST I SAW IT IN NEW YORK 50 425 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,200 YEARS AGO, THAT GENTLEMAN IS A 426 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,800 REALLY SPECIAL GUY. 427 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,533 AND FOR A 8-YEAR-OLD, WHEN YOU 428 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:47,500 MEET COOL ADULTS YOU KIND OF 429 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:49,266 BOND WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT. 430 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:50,533 BUT IT JUST GETS IN TO YOU, 431 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:51,600 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BEING 432 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,900 REALLY CLOSE TO THESE BEAUTIFUL 433 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,466 ANIMALS. 434 00:11:54,466 --> 00:11:55,766 YOU GET TO BE PART OF EVERYTHING 435 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:58,033 THAT'S HAPPENING AND GET TO BE 436 00:11:58,033 --> 00:11:59,633 RIGHT THERE ALONG WITH IT. 437 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:02,133 I GREW UP MY ENTIRE LIFE I'VE 438 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:03,666 SPENT IN THE WOODS IN ONE 439 00:12:03,666 --> 00:12:04,733 FASHION OR THE OTHER. 440 00:12:04,733 --> 00:12:05,866 NOW I GET TO DO IT WITH A 441 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:06,900 PURPOSE. 442 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:08,166 AND TO WATCH THEM FLY IS JUST 443 00:12:08,166 --> 00:12:10,700 SPECTACULAR AND I GET TO LIVE 444 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:11,633 WITH THEM. 445 00:12:11,633 --> 00:12:12,300 YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT 446 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:13,000 THEM AND THEY SAY WOW, THEY'RE 447 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,166 REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I LIVE MY 448 00:12:15,166 --> 00:12:17,133 LIFE WITH THEM EVERYDAY SO IT'S 449 00:12:17,133 --> 00:12:18,766 A LIFESTYLE, IT'S NOT JUST A 450 00:12:18,766 --> 00:12:21,200 SPORT. 451 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,466 RIGHT, BIG GIRL?