Monte Markley read 'My Side of the Mountain' as a kid and was captivated by the story of a boy and his falcon. He's now a master falconer, training his latest bird on the grasslands of Kansas.
Monte Markley with his prairie falcon Storm in a field near August, Kansas. He says he fell in love with raptors as a kid because of a book and a hawk in a box.Monte Markley with his prairie falcon Storm in a field near August, Kansas. He says he fell in love with raptors as a kid because of a book and a hawk in a box.Just after dawn, Monte Markley gears up on his farm near Augusta, in southern Kansas. He pulls on a special hunting vest and camouflage cap.
Markley, whose gray hair is visible under his camouflage cap, says he fell in love with raptors as a kid.about a boy who lives in the wild with a falcon. He dreamed of having a bird of his own, and then one day he got his chance. Storm was captured in November. The young prairie falcon is already tame enough to fly free, though it's still not certain she'll return after each flight.Storm was captured in November. The young prairie falcon is already tame enough to fly free, though it's still not certain she'll return after each flight.Storm, his latest raptor, is beautiful in a dangerous way. She's his only bird right now.
When falcons strike their prey, Markley says, they punch them with their feet or hit them with their breast bone.
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