Abstract: A hawk stand and holder includes a telescoping vertical rod having a top end and a bottom end, a hawk holder having an aperture for receiving the top end of the vertical rod, a tripod having telescoping legs having a top and intermediate portion, a central ring joining the legs of the tripod at the top portions of the legs and having an aperture for receiving the vertical rod, and a cup element attached to the intermediate portions of the legs to hold the bottom end of the vertical rod. In an embodiment attachable to a ladder, a telescoping first horizontal rod is attached to the bottom end of the vertical rod and clamps to a ladder and a telescoping second rod extends from the first horizontal rod and clamps to the ladder at a second lower rung.