al-Hasani
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@al-Hasani When I see the trained falcons, I find their eyes shut/covered most of the times. Why is this so? (I find it a bit cruel on those magnificent birds)
To keep them calm as already mentioned because all falcons are predators and their eyesight is 10 times better than the human eyesight. They only wear that hood shortly before they are released from the falconers hand. This is so they avoid flying after other pray than the one intended.
Basically the purpose of leather head covering (hood) used on hawks and falcons is to hide the stimulus of the world from the bird's sight to calm it or prevent it from reacting to things.
See more here below:
Falconry Hood Information