Falcons come from the genus Falco, and have pointed wings, long relative to their size. Their style of flight is to drop from great heights onto other birds. "Hawk" is a term covering birds from the genus Buteo or Accipiter. Buteos tend to hunt ground animals, Accipiters both ground animals and other birds. Stylistically, falconers train falcons to fly up to a comfortable height and circle above, waiting for the falconer to flush the game. Hawks are flown from the fist, i.e. the bird perches on the falconer's glove as they flush game by walking (or sometimes driving). Hawks are also trained to perch on a pole and wait for the falconer to flush. --Andrea Chen