America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

Understory | What's It Like To Be A Falconer

Special | 11m 5s | Video has closed captioning.

Baratunde meets Hesper Lana Fang, a falconer who lives with an American Kestrel named Goji, but the relationship between Hesper and her bird is not one of owner-and-pet. Hesper explains how falconry is a form of conservation that offers people an intimate connection with wildlife.