Jami Tarris / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) huntress, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia

Kristel Richard / Eagle hunter mounted on Mongolian horse with his female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Eagle Hunters Festival, near Sagsai, Bayan-Ulgii Aymag, Mongolia. September 2014..

Milan Radisics / Falconer with Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) to keep other bird away from airport, Budapest Airport, Hungary, March 2009

Bert Willaert / Falconer showing his juvenile Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) used to catch birds of prey for domestication, with eye hood, Georgia, September 2011. No release available.

Bert Willaert / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) being caught by a falconer using a Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) as bait, Georgia, September 2011.

Laurie Campbell / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) falconer's bird perched in scots pine (controlled) Southern Scotland, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hooded falconer's falcon silhouetted at sunset, captive, Al Ain, UAE

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Falconer with bird Al Areen Park, Manama, Bahrain

Jami Tarris / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) master hunter, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia

Ernie Janes / Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in flight, captive falconry bird.

Ernie Janes / Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in flight, captive falconry bird.

Stephane Granzotto / Harris hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) perched in tree, controlled conditions with falconry bird.