<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Taggart's gyrfalcon changes direction in mid flight to close in on a pigeon used during a training flight.</p>
April 12, 2012
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April 12, 2012 9:15 p.m.
Flight of the Falcon
Joe Taggart has raised Gyrfalcons for decades
Joe Taggart walks 'round the corner of the bird pen and shakes his head as he explains why one of his white doves is dead. There are scattered feathers and blood stains on the ground.