Falcons are considered the world’s most regal animal, due to their upright posture and tendency to sit atop new arm perches on a regular basis. Get to know the bird of kings with today's Groupon to New England Falconry in Hadley. Choose between the following options:

• For $50, you get an active participatory falconry experience on a weekday (Monday–Friday) (a $130 value).
• For $65, you get an active participatory falconry experience on a weekend (a $130 value).

New England Falconry founder and falconer Chris Davis educates customers about the lives of predatory birds and their conservation with hands-on falconry sessions. In each 90-minute session, up to 20 participants take trained hawks into the field, watching as the raptors soar through western Massachusetts' rustic meadows and forests, perching on trees and swooping through the sky. Brave souls armor hands and forearms with provided heavy-duty hawking gloves to give the winged wonders a comfortable place to land after their flights. In addition to handling and breeding birds of prey, Mr. Davis conducts research on threatened species.