Richard Shores doesn’t like to walk away from the birds, glossy and alert, perched on his front lawn. Lagertha, a Harris hawk with a strong grip, keeps an eye on Shores’ dog, Bella. Bruno, a ...

Hawks need special training for hunts that also use dogs to flush out pheasants and grouse. Harris’s hawks need to be trained to overcome their inbred fear of dogs, coyotes being one of the hawks’ ...

Richard Shores, a licensed falconer practicing since 2004, holds Lagurtha, one of his two Harris hawks, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in Apex, N.C. at his home where he houses four birds in a homemade ...