Falconry: Fed Up and Looking Haggard

The practice of hunting wild birds with trained birds -- for fun is called falconry. Though it came into its own almost 1,000 years ago in England after the Norman invasion, it continues to have a stronghold in our contemporary English language. I hope I can lure you to join me today as I share all of the words and expressions that come from this blood sport and to hear about the time *I* was roused to try my hand at falconry and why I turned tail by the end of it. Thank you to listeners, subscribers and supporters of ANIMALOGY ! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Falconry: Fed Up and Looking Haggard is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 31:42 long.

This episode was published on Jan 28, 2017.

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