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.
Murmuring softly, he rouses his new raptor from her perch."Come on, wake up, there you go," Markley says, coaxing a female prairie falcon named Storm onto his fist. He trapped her in the wild a few months ago and he's been training her ever since, slowly building trust and loyalty.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.
As Markley prepares for their training hunt, she wears a leather hood over her head and eyes to keep her calm.
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