Nothing unusual about the ignorant or people writing for the ignorant – or even the ordinary non expert person, referring to
'falcon hawks'
as on the basis that most people in the world would not know what a “falcon” is. As for
Falcons and Hawks as we now know are quite unrelated!
Well may be so but that is a recent technicality that hardly anyone knows. There is a vast amount of books and literature about “birds of prey” etc that refer to them as one group. They may have different origins but that is hardly common knowledge but they
functionally and ecologically are entirely reasonable to consider together.
Philip
From: David Rees [
Sent: Thursday, 2 February, 2017 7:36 AM
To: Con Boekel
Cc: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Off topic: falcons as consumables
Interesting that the Guardian used the words 'falcon hawks' - Falcons and Hawks as we now know are quite unrelated! Look like Saker Falcons to me - wonder if they were captive bred?, as they are declining in the wild.
