Playing catch

I was walking down the street and I saw the strangest thing. About fifteen men had gathered in one spot and were playing catch with their birds. That's the best way I can think to call it.

Each one had a bird on their hand and a small diameter but long pipe in their mouth. They would toss the bird up into the air and take a treat and shoot it up in the air for the bird to catch while soaring around and then they would call the bird back to their hand and give it another treat. It was really something to see, the birds would catch the treat in midair and soar around back to their hand.

I was mesmerized by it and just had to watch it for a while.