title: Classical Falconry: A Treatise on Rook and Crow Hawking
author: Nick Fox
description: Classical Falconry is the first book dedicated solely to flights out of the hood. Based on his experiences managing the Northumberland Crow Falcons, Nick Fox has pulled together the theory and practice of classical falconry in modern times. For the large falcons in the West, crow and rook hawking are the main quarry available for the Height Flight, in which both falcon and prey climb high into the sky in aerial pursuit. The book describes the type of ground needed for classical flights, the potential quarry species, the falcons and horses and their management. It covers the human element of the equation, the Members and Falconers, and the tactics used according to landscape and weather conditions to achieve the best flights. Contributions from authors in other countries highlight the differences of approach needed to cope with conditions found in other parts of the world. Far from being a dry technical manual, this book is spiced with a wealth of personal anecdotes and excerpts from hawking diaries. The illustrations and photographs combine to provide a glimpse of the falcons and people as they undertake this most difficult branch of the falconer's art.
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  First published 2021 by
  
  
  FREMANTLE PRESS
  
  
  Fremantle Press Inc. trading as Fremantle Press
  
  
  25 Quarry Street, Fremantle WA 6160
  
  
  (PO Box 158, North Fremantle WA 6159)
  
  
  [www.fremantlepress.com.au](http://www.fremantlepress.com.au)
  
  
  Copyright © Josephine Taylor, 2021
  
  
  The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
  
  
  This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private
  study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the _Copyright Act_ ,
  no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries
  should be made to the publisher.
  
  
  Cover images: _Rook_ : Illustration by Edward Lear from John Gould’s _The
  Birds of Europe_ , vol. 3, 1837. _Flower_ : Illustration by Pierre-Joseph
  Redouté in _Les Roses_ , vol. 3, 1824. _Other botanical elements_ :
  Illustration by Jacob Sturm in Johann Georg Sturm’s 