ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a rare, up close and personal lesson that some Albuquerque middle schoolers got Thursday with some of the fiercest aerial hunters in the sky. “It’s definitely more exciting than last science class,” said sixth grader at Bosque School, Daniel.
Excitement might just be the tip of the iceberg in talking about what sixth and seventh-grade students saw at Bosque Schools as they got a chance to get up close with a top-tier aerial predator. “An Aplomado which is a captive bread Peruvian falcon that’s raised and trained for falconry for hunting and then also a peregrine falcon that was a rehab falcon that New Mexico wildlife had the bird,” said David Biddinger, master falconer.
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It’s been part of the outdoor education curriculum at the school for three years where students get hands-on learning about bird rehabilitation and getting a demonstration of how those birds catch prey right in their backyard near Albuquerque’s Bosque. “Really lucky, because sometimes kids don’t get to learn about this and the fact that you see it in person it’s really lucky,” said sixth grader, Maelyn.