Random photos, let's have them

[Tony James]

And very random indeed.

What a great few days for my son.

Hits 18 and passes his driving test on his birthday. Next weekend he leaves home to live in London, having gained a place at the Central Ballet School.

I took this picture a few minutes ago, before he heads off to another party.
Heck, he looks like he could be the next James Bond (mmmmmm, a ballet dancing James Bond? Hell, why not)!

Best wishes,

Tony.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_8584-1.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_8584-1.jpg.html)

[PeteJ]

Congratulations to him and I would say 'break a leg' except that it looks like he already might have....ouch, something had to pop there!

[Tony James]

Congratulations to him and I would say 'break a leg' except that it looks like he already might have....ouch, something had to pop there!

Cheers Pete.

I don't know about 'pop' --- if that was my leg, there'd have been a 'bang'!

Best wishes,

Tony.

PS That's the same little boy that's in my avatar. Oh how time flies!

[ross ricken]

class pics tony ,and fair play to ur lad
atb ross

[Tanner]

Yes, congrats to your boy Tony- sounds like he is in for quite the adventure.

Can you elaborate on that anklet reward tag design? I have not seen that before and it looks like an elegant solution.

Thanks,
Tanner

[raptrlvr]

Congrats Tony.

[BestBeagler]

Enjoyed the pictures Tony. And congratulations as well!

[dliepe]

A very random photo, taken simply because I'm excited at the prospect of the very nearly here new season (hence the preparatory polish;)).

Best wishes,

Tony.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_8577.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_8577.jpg.html)

Getting ready to put mine on the hybrids. Fran Made a pretty slick product here. The gyr still moulting so he'll have to wait.
Very cool on you're son. Nothing makes you happier than when you see you're kids happy. Best of luck to him.

[Tony James]

Thanks all for the kind words. I showed my son when he arrived home, who was surprised that other falconers would have any interest, so an extra thank you;).

This picture should help illustrate the anklets a little better Tanner. Essentially they're an engraved metal anklet that forms an integral part of it by encapsulating the leather part that comes into contact with the hawks leg.

They're available from Spanish falconer Fran Bolinches, and they are, as David points out, a very nice product.

Best wishes,

Tony.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_8565.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_8565.jpg.html)

[Tanner]

Thanks for the manufacturer name Tony. Cheers.

[Tony James]

Thanks for the manufacturer name Tony. Cheers.

And you'd love him Tanner, almost as much as you'd love his spectacular red-naped shaheens.

Best wishes,

Tony.

[cindy]

Thanks Cindy. I'll be in Williamsport all of the month of October. My daughter lives in Harrisburg, so, we will be visiting.
Oh, very cool. I'm hoping to get out and get some nice falconry photos this season.

[adam norrie]

Evelyn in a playful mood this morning. http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg.html)

[Tony James]

Evelyn in a playful mood this morning. http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg.html)

There's something very endearing about a falcon in that mood --- a far cry from the mood she was in when she embedded her talons in me the day we took her up!
You've done a cracking job with her Adam, that will stand her in good stead for the rest of her life.

Best wishes,

Tony.

[adam norrie]

Hi Tony,

Evelyn seems to always be in the mood. When I go to her in the morning I am greeted with head spinning. When she is on the block and I walk about the garden she just spins her head at me and the dogs.
Now she is over her illness she is beginning to regain her fitness and move forward.
Yesterday, she was in her playful mood when suddenly she left the block Goshawk fast and narrowly missed a blackbird. Midweek, a Blue Tit wasn't so lucky.

Thanks again for your help for that week I was away.

[Phil Myers]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/356.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/356.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/357.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/357.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/359.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/359.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/360.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/360.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/361.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/361.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/IMG_0750.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20head%20bind%20on%20Rooster/IMG_0750.jpg.html)

[Phil Myers]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20and%20Teal%2023rd%20October/IMG_5536_zps7730c2cd.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20and%20Teal%2023rd%20October/IMG_5536_zps7730c2cd.jpg.html)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/Ike%20and%20Teal%2023rd%20October/IMG_3051.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/Ike%20and%20Teal%2023rd%20October/IMG_3051.jpg.html)

[Phil Myers]

I believe Phil is right that its an Imperial Eagle. You don't hear much about this species of eagle being flown, and I'm not sure why as it certainly looks well armed and nicely put together. I know that it is quite rare in Spain, but I'm not sure what the numbers are like in the rest of its range.
This pic might give an idea of how that previous one started. http://www.pbase.com/image/112417094
Hi Pete
I fortunate to see Imperial Eagles when visiting Spain 2002 when I competed in the Leon Sky trails.
We stopped off on the highway on way from Madrid to Leon to weather the falcons. Way up in the blue skys we witnessed two Imperials eagle thermalling.
As far as I hear Imperials Eagles populations in Spain have increased since I was last there
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry260-1.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry260-1.jpg.html)http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry226-1.jpg
[URL=http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/spanish%20sky%20trial/Con_alcotan.jpg.html]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/spanish%20sky%20trial/Con_alcotan.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry226-1.jpg.html)IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry252.jpg[/IMG]/URL]
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/smallperegrine/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry209.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/user/smallperegrine/media/spanish%20sky%20trial/falconry209.jpg.html)

Last picture you can see my Peregrine Falcon (Jintz) watching the Eagles soaring high above

Yours in Sport
Phil Myers

[Derry Shaw]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_8577.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_8577.jpg.html)

I absolutely love this photo and think it belongs on the front page of a well respected Falconry magazine or similar.

Kind regards, Derry.

[mainefalconer]

Just a lousy quality cell phone picture, but for some reason, I really dig it.
Dog and hawk both look awkward, and odd. :D
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz163/scottmcneff/downsize5_zps277eba53.jpg (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/scottmcneff/media/downsize5_zps277eba53.jpg.html)

[Tony James]

Just a lousy quality cell phone picture, but for some reason, I really dig it.
Dog and hawk both look awkward, and odd. :D
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz163/scottmcneff/downsize5_zps277eba53.jpg (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/scottmcneff/media/downsize5_zps277eba53.jpg.html)

Hi Scott,

often in those hawk and dog shots, one or other will look awkward or odd. But to get them both looking that way is rare indeedtoungeout.

Nice shot.

Best wishes,

Tony.

PS I hear you're planning a trip over. Be sure to let me organise some entertainment for you.

[Tony James]

I absolutely love this photo and think it belongs on the front page of a well respected Falconry magazine or similar.

Kind regards, Derry.

I'm glad you like it, but I'm not sure it's as good as that.

Funnily enough a photographer friend joined me for some hawking today, and I showed him a picture he took of the jerkin I flew last season on the cover of a Spanish falconry magazine (if only I could read Spanish).

Tony.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/Portada.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/Portada.jpg.html)

[mainefalconer]

Tony, You heard correctly (Helen must have spilled the beans). I'm thinking of coming over your way right after my dick season closes this year. Maybe spend the month of March cruising around the UK, visiting friends... Was hoping to see you in person, and see Helen and the Fords, etc., etc.. I'll be in touch!

[Tony James]

Tony, You heard correctly (Helen must have spilled the beans). I'm thinking of coming over your way right after my dick season closes this year. Maybe spend the month of March cruising around the UK, visiting friends... Was hoping to see you in person, and see Helen and the Fords, etc., etc.. I'll be in touch!

Not Helen this time. We have another mutual friend who I'm trying to persuade to hide in your suitcase;)

I'll give some thought to the possibilities in March, but to keep on topic, a random picture taken yesterday of my own odd couple.

Best wishes,

Tony.

PS Helen was with us the day the jerkin was photographed.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/Image-5.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/Image-5.jpg.html)

[GONEHAWKN]

Hmmmm......I wonder who that could be?;)

[BestBeagler]

Tony, You heard correctly (Helen must have spilled the beans). I'm thinking of coming over your way right after my dick season closes this year. Maybe spend the month of March cruising around the UK, visiting friends... Was hoping to see you in person, and see Helen and the Fords, etc., etc.. I'll be in touch!

Scott, dare I ask what "dick season" is ROTFLMAO that's the funniest thing I have read on here LOL

[falcon56]

Scott, dare I ask what "dick season" is ROTFLMAO that's the funniest thing I have read on here LOL

Dare I ask what ROTFLMAO is? Apparently I'm not to savvy on computerese. I believe since Scott is planning a trip to England, he was referring to "spotted dick" season. Tony will understand.:D

[harrishawk_79]

Rotflmao - rolling on the floor laughing my a** off

[Red-tail71]

Tony, You heard correctly (Helen must have spilled the beans). I'm thinking of coming over your way right after my dick season closes this year. Maybe spend the month of March cruising around the UK, visiting friends... Was hoping to see you in person, and see Helen and the Fords, etc., etc.. I'll be in touch!

Man you did have an open invite to hawk here on the Eastern Shore, but after the above statement....nevermind!:eek: lmao!

[mainefalconer]

Oh man!! That sure is an interesting type-o!
I'm going to assume that you all understood that I meant to write "duck season."

I actually just took a close look at my keyboard, thinking to myself, "is the "I" really near the "U"?"

Reminds me of that story of the poor bloke who got his wedding tackle grabbed by a pair of Harris' hawks at the Welsh Hawking Club meet many years ago (I think 1994) while he was relieving himself.

Anyway...... Nice team Tony! They look pretty polished/slick!

[Tony James]

Oh man!! That sure is an interesting type-o!
I'm going to assume that you all understood that I meant to write "duck season."

I actually just took a close look at my keyboard, thinking to myself, "is the "I" really near the "U"?"

Reminds me of that story of the poor bloke who got his wedding tackle grabbed by a pair of Harris' hawks at the Welsh Hawking Club meet many years ago (I think 1994) while he was relieving himself.

Anyway...... Nice team Tony! They look pretty polished/slick!

There was me holding my breath, wondering whether you'd tell of the typo, or develop Ray's 'spotted dick' ruse:eek:

As for the team, I have to say it's a team of three --- falcon, pointer, and me.
Thankfully the falcon is polished enough to make the two weak links less relevant;)

Best wishes,

Tony.

[Derry Shaw]

I'm glad you like it, but I'm not sure it's as good as that.

Tony.

I think the reason I admire the photo so much Tony is because not only is it representative of some of the finest Falconry furniture available. For me at least it also offers the opportunity to reflect on the finer details.

Kind regards, Derry.

[Tony James]

I think the reason I admire the photo so much Tony is because not only is it representative of some of the finest Falconry furniture available. For me at least it also offers the opportunity to reflect on the finer details.

Kind regards, Derry.

I'll take that as a compliment then, thank you.

I had a photographer friend join me yesterday, who managed to get some pictures of the flight that allowed me to reflect on the finer details of it, or at least the little section at the bottom of the stoop, in a way that I'd not been able to at the time.

Regards,

Tony.

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_9624-Version2.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_9624-Version2.jpg.html)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_9625-Version2.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_9625-Version2.jpg.html)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_9626-Version2.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_9626-Version2.jpg.html)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_9627-Version2.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_9627-Version2.jpg.html)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/IMG_9628-Version2.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/IMG_9628-Version2.jpg.html)

[PeteJ]

Nice ones Mr. James!
On my way out to fly Echo this morning, I bumped into some local riff raff about a block from my house. I pulled over and snapped a few pics. The last pic I was laying on my truck seat and shooting up through the windshield as she had just landed right there and I was afraid if I moved it would bump her out of view.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/harrispair3_zps20c972a1.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/harrispair3_zps20c972a1.jpg.html)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/immyfemaleHarris1sm_zps2b52c442.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/immyfemaleHarris1sm_zps2b52c442.jpg.html)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/immyfemHarrissm_zpsbf11be97.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/immyfemHarrissm_zpsbf11be97.jpg.html)

[PeteJ]

And then I got out with Echo and she grabbed some quality air time. She's getting the hang of going up now, but still is only half-heartedly trying to catch flushed beneath her. One of these days it will cool down and she'll be ready.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/Echoflight96lrg_zpsb6487836.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/Echoflight96lrg_zpsb6487836.jpg.html)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/Echowayupsm_zps0068934d.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/Echowayupsm_zps0068934d.jpg.html)

[yellowdogdave]

Here's a few from the past couple years.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i108/YELLOWDOGDAVE/falconry%20pics/DSC_6085-1.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i108/YELLOWDOGDAVE/falconry%20pics/DSC_4409-1.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i108/YELLOWDOGDAVE/falconry%20pics/DSC_5067.jpg

[Steve Skinner]

It's Friday afternoon and the forum needs a little kick. Don't know about anyone else but I'd like to see some falconry photos and/or videos. Have some handy, post them. Doesn't matter if they are your best shots or not. I'll kick it off with a few random shots I have on the PC:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/maleprairiefalcon.jpg

Wild Aplomado

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/aplo.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/DSCF0215.jpg

Saluqi repelled this cliff this summer

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/th_DSCF0484.jpg (http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/?action=view&current=DSCF0484.flv)

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/DSCF0486.jpg


http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/DSCF0655.jpg

here's a few more.

[skooky20]

http://www.nafex.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2612&stc=1&d=1379007100

is this a kestrel hybrid

[Steve Skinner]

http://www.nafex.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2612&stc=1&d=1379007100

is this a kestrel hybrid

No its GryxMerlin

[RT Alison]

The hired help


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1074549_164201100429751_860098103_o.jpg

[RT Alison]

Hunting starlings with Ehrler, my coops.


https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/261408_163229160526945_1190410948_n.jpg

[RT Alison]

Relaxing during the imprint process.


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1048342_157726821077179_1788437017_o.jpg

[RT Alison]

Seamus and me out in the snow for a hunt.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/901676_135078243342037_926435454_o.jpg

[talonslair]

i'm from the uk , my old parent reared female still hunting at 23(born 1985 died 2010),her parents were passage imports from around washington circa 1979

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee200/lewismchl/DSC00009.jpg (http://s234.photobucket.com/user/lewismchl/media/DSC00009.jpg.html)

[talonslair]

my Hybrid female Ferruginous x Red tail 'Talon'

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee200/lewismchl/Facebook/little%20lady/135732_1763312204797_3285606_o.jpg (http://s234.photobucket.com/user/lewismchl/media/Facebook/little%20lady/135732_1763312204797_3285606_o.jpg.html)

my Hybrid male Red tail x Ferruginous 'Shadow'

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee200/lewismchl/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/323804_3219553649923_1880458882_o.jpg (http://s234.photobucket.com/user/lewismchl/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/323804_3219553649923_1880458882_o.jpg.html)

[adam norrie]

Eyass Female Peregrine.
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/IMG_8518_zps3089c69a.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/IMG_8518_zps3089c69a.jpg.html)
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/IMG_8438_zpsab8a7d71.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/IMG_8438_zpsab8a7d71.jpg.html)
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/DSC_1972_zpsc6b0b820.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/DSC_1972_zpsc6b0b820.jpg.html)
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/DSC_1946_zps5468d917.jpg.html)

[Pedioecetes]

Very beautiful falcon, Adam. No matter how many pics of the falcons of modern falconry I see, the ol' Peregrine still reigns supreme in my world---plus Tanner's tiercel RNS/B. He is just plain falcon lust.

[Tony James]

Very beautiful falcon, Adam. No matter how many pics of the falcons of modern falconry I see, the ol' Peregrine still reigns supreme in my world---plus Tanner's tiercel RNS/B. He is just plain falcon lust.

Is there a 'like' button anywhere?

[dbleyepatches]

I was looking through some pictures this morning and found this one. I guess I never realized that my dog and my bird are color coordinated :D.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/dbleyepatches/IMG_7940.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/dbleyepatches/media/IMG_7940.jpg.html)

[Tony James]

A painting by David Rampling, of my falcon after a flight of last season.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/Image-8.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/Image-8.jpg.html)

[Saluqi]

Beautiful Tony.

[murraym]

A painting by David Rampling, of my falcon after a flight of last season.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m602/Tony-James/Image-8.jpg (http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/Tony-James/media/Image-8.jpg.html)

Tony, that is the best painting I've ever seen!

[SimoneBird]

Tinga, my 2013 female imprint sharp shin, with a snipe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/SimoneBird/TINGA_zpsa3fa1baa.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/SimoneBird/media/TINGA_zpsa3fa1baa.jpg.html)

[hawkman1220]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/10715219884_65827db9ef_m.jpg

Maverick still molting. This picture is really a test to see if I am getting it on correctly.

[awleaphart]

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss73/AWLEAPHART/IMG_0144_zps5a5bd114.jpg
Hide and Seek.
Anthony

[WHITEGOS]

"Misha" Female Albidus on a Jack. Picture taken today.
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af304/mmoglich1/get-attachmentaspx_zps2fc6224e.jpeg (http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/mmoglich1/media/get-attachmentaspx_zps2fc6224e.jpeg.html)

[Steve Skinner]

Her 1st catch of the season

[JRedig]

Her 1st catch of the season

Great shot!

[Tyme2fly]

Nice shot!!!!!

[weathervaneman]

Here's three pictures of my RT on his 3 kills so far this season.

[PeteJ]

Just a pic of a wild Harris' that I see often at the same place when I take out the Cooper's and Merlin. Its a very confiding bird and seems that it won't be around long as it sometimes sits at this spot which about 50 feet off the dirt road, and when you stop to look and take pictures, it doesn't move off unless you get too pushy. I just wish the angle of the sun was better for the shot.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/HarriswildadultJorn2013sm_zps295d4bca.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/HarriswildadultJorn2013sm_zps295d4bca.jpg.html)

[okiereddirthawker]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/okiereddirthawker/IMG_8769.jpg (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/okiereddirthawker/media/IMG_8769.jpg.html)


http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/okiereddirthawker/IMG_8768-1.jpg (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/okiereddirthawker/media/IMG_8768-1.jpg.html)
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/okiereddirthawker/IMG_8775.jpg (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/okiereddirthawker/media/IMG_8775.jpg.html)

[Steve Skinner]

Mr Bolt in training

[PeteJ]

A couple of pics of a large adult female RT (rufous morph) that I've been seeing for years in the winter, but just didn't have the equipment to get decent photos of her. I'm a little closer now with some better, but still budget, equipment.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/rufousmorphRTfemalesm_zps6a4dce96.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/rufousmorphRTfemalesm_zps6a4dce96.jpg.html)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/rufousmorphRTfemaleflight1sm_zpse05ff18e.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/rufousmorphRTfemaleflight1sm_zpse05ff18e.jpg.html)

[PeteJ]

A couple of other pics of nearby inhabitants. A wild passage jack Taiga Merlin and a couple of wild youngish Harris' Hawk siblings taken just over the into the neighbors yard. They were watching their parents intently, but the parents were in front of my house out of my view.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/Taigaimmyjacksml_zps2f542adb.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/Taigaimmyjacksml_zps2f542adb.jpg.html)
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff174/petej1956/siblingHarrisHawks2013_zpse72ab229.jpg (http://s239.photobucket.com/user/petej1956/media/siblingHarrisHawks2013_zpse72ab229.jpg.html)

[broken feather]

Pete, keep it up and you have more falconers moving to New Mexico!thumbsupp

[PeteJ]

Pete, keep it up and you have more falconers moving to New Mexico!thumbsupp
They say they want to, until they hear about snakes, thorns, heat, then they kick back in Margaritaville and say "Nah".

[raptrlvr]

And in New Mexico you can't trap these HH's in Pete's neighborhood. Only in the southeastern part of the state.

[PeteJ]

And in New Mexico you can't trap these HH's in Pete's neighborhood. Only in the southeastern part of the state.
We need to get that changed I'd say. They're getting much more widespread than they used to be. Alamogordo has a good population going and a few groups down around the border with Texas near El Paso as well. Being as they are still lotteried, I don't know why it should make any difference now where they are taken from. The urban ones like these tend to have very short lives due to the increased level of electrocution and collisions compared to wild groups.

[broken feather]

Jim, okay you have to drive 50 miles?noideaI started packing my clothes!

[raptrlvr]

Actually I would have to drive about 5 hours one way to trap a HH in New Mexico. I agree with Pete, we need to get HH take state wide. I see a couple of families of HH's down in Deming every season and thats only 50 miles from my house.

[BestBeagler]

From earlier this year. The RT was fat and healthy and in remarkable shape. First amputee I have ever caught. She was a nice dark bird and hit the trap like a freight train.

The kestrel was one of the prettiest I have ever seen. I have never seen one with this much orange on the chest.

[Paul Mascuch]

Here's a picture of Jim Frazier and his gyr/saker hybrid chasing grouse in the Idaho sage flats this past week. Jim is 87 and still at it with great enthusiasm.

Paul

[sharptail]

Wow Paul,
Great pic! Tell Jim that I say hello. Kate and I spoke of him yesterday.

[Squirrelhawkin]

Here's a picture of Jim Frazier and his gyr/saker hybrid chasing grouse in the Idaho sage flats this past week. Jim is 87 and still at it with great enthusiasm.

Paul

That's awesome!clapp

[JRedig]

Here's a picture of Jim Frazier and his gyr/saker hybrid chasing grouse in the Idaho sage flats this past week. Jim is 87 and still at it with great enthusiasm.

Paul

Awesome, say hi from me as well. Always love seeing Jim at the nafa meets.

[gemiller]

Out hunting in PA today a little bit.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1525336_10202361991267751_701622042_n.jpg
She hit the rabbit hard and hitched a ride through the jagger brush. She hit the brakes but went right into that branch as the rabbit made it into the hole. One lucky rabbit. When we got to her she was trying to crawl into the hole after it.

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1537937_10202361991187749_1971814297_o.jpg
She didn't want to give up on it.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t31/1487847_10202361992387779_742062920_o.jpg
Coming back down at the end of the hunt.

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1601221_10202361992747788_1361951062_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1510730_10202361992987794_1057957509_n.jpg

[Girl with a red tail]

http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w633/tyme4truble/Mobile%20Uploads/2013-12/A8F62F12-38F8-4BB2-855C-C659B8798CEA_zpsxsgxwq5z.jpg (http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/tyme4truble/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2013-12/A8F62F12-38F8-4BB2-855C-C659B8798CEA_zpsxsgxwq5z.jpg.html)

Shkote on his first squirrel kill this season, back in December

[Huntndad1]

A photo from the meet this weekend.

http://http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a559/huntndad1/6B86CC4A-D29D-429D-A2F2-85F88E19429C_zps6lchxgf9.jpg (http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/huntndad1/media/6B86CC4A-D29D-429D-A2F2-85F88E19429C_zps6lchxgf9.jpg.html)


You do what you have to do to flush squirrels!!

[weathervaneman]

Here's a picture of the weathervane I look at in the morning to see where the wind will take my bird. If it gets a chance. The sun was peaking thru the snow and wind but I wasn't fast enough to get it in the picture.

[raptrlvr]

atcfalconry's aplomado
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr031/_17847_zps82c643a4.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr031/_17847_zps82c643a4.jpg.html)

[Ross]

Here's a picture of the weathervane I look at in the morning to see where the wind will take my bird. If it gets a chance. The sun was peaking thru the snow and wind but I wasn't fast enough to get it in the picture.

That looks like a very early morning for you, Morris. I thought you prefer to get up when the sun is well overhead :)

[weathervaneman]

That looks like a very early morning for you, Morris. I thought you prefer to get up when the sun is well overhead :)
10:30 - 11:00 right after the sun comes up.That picture was taken right before the sun went down.

[dirtwinger]

A few random pics from last weekend
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/72801cae-f4dc-411e-a265-ec536a5589b7_zps6b7338d3.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/72801cae-f4dc-411e-a265-ec536a5589b7_zps6b7338d3.jpg.html)

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/Mobile%20Uploads/20140119_133826_zps08d779e4.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140119_133826_zps08d779e4.jpg.html)

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/Mobile%20Uploads/20140119_131535-1_zps7bf4b4ed.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140119_131535-1_zps7bf4b4ed.jpg.html)

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r775/grabourn1953/DSC_0294_2381_zps61d231fa.jpg (http://s1366.photobucket.com/user/grabourn1953/media/DSC_0294_2381_zps61d231fa.jpg.html)

All the best

[Rising_Flames]

Caught a pic of this RT braving the weather yesterday.
http://silvermaskpro.smugmug.com/Birds-of-Prey/i-rcdLTPw/0/M/20140125-IMG_6882--M.jpg http://silvermaskpro.smugmug.com/Birds-of-Prey/i-mcH92MV/0/M/20140125-IMG_7008--M.jpg

Of course, maybe it's the Blue Jay that's the brave one?

[WJN]

While out trapping last month a fog bank rolled up under a tree I had just place a BC under.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/12SidedBowl/8bd16729-8503-4090-aebb-9e1cbc6895f9.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/12SidedBowl/media/8bd16729-8503-4090-aebb-9e1cbc6895f9.jpg.html)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/12SidedBowl/34634be3-7ee6-42a4-841d-98831becedf3.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/12SidedBowl/media/34634be3-7ee6-42a4-841d-98831becedf3.jpg.html)

[raptrlvr]

atcfalconry's bird Siing is on the bottom and my little tiercel is on the top. Little dispute as to who is gonna get to sit on the sign post. These 2 birds stayed locked up like this for about 5 minutes and then Siing fell to the ground. Neither bird was hurt and all was well the rest of the day.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr031/_19226A_zps80e247ee.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr031/_19226A_zps80e247ee.jpg.html)

[Red-tail]

atcfalconry's bird Siing is on the bottom and my little tiercel is on the top. Little dispute as to who is gonna get to sit on the sign post. These 2 birds stayed locked up like this for about 5 minutes and then Siing fell to the ground. Neither bird was hurt and all was well the rest of the day.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr031/_19226A_zps80e247ee.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr031/_19226A_zps80e247ee.jpg.html)
:eek:confuseddcrazyy Strange birds.

[Tanner]

Interesting viewing

http://vimeo.com/88808571

[Saluqi]

Interesting viewing

http://vimeo.com/88808571

That is interesting. There's an article in this years Journal that talks about this festival and the sparrow hawk culture in Tunisia.

[JeffNH]

That was a very different perspective... :)

[Tanner]

Tunisian sky trials

[Jacklyna]

He looked a little irritated after being sprayed down on a warm day.

http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a578/emurzyn/IMG_1431214607197172_zpszvxbeugf.jpeg

[Tom Smith]

Jack Oar and Ed Pitcher preparing for a flight in Jack's back yard. Jack's mountain in background (Bell Mountain) 3/2014

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z128/tomns/016_zpsc4c6e69b.jpg (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/tomns/media/016_zpsc4c6e69b.jpg.html)

[Tanner]

https://vimeo.com/81858462

[JRedig]

https://vimeo.com/81858462

Best post of the 2014 moult.

[Ross]

Fantastic video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sharptail]

Gotta love that vertical!

[Tanner]

That bird was Chad Cyrus' last falcon, taken on by Brian in her brown year when Chad died. She certainly is a powerful, high-energy falcon. I watched her work some huge-water duck slips in Montana last fall and she didn't dissapoint!

[wingnut]

Holy s***!! Awesome stoop. Makes me want to move to the western part of our state and fly a longwing.

[sharptail]

That bird was Chad Cyrus' last falcon, taken on by Brian in her brown year when Chad died. She certainly is a powerful, high-energy falcon. I watched her work some huge-water duck slips in Montana last fall and she didn't dissapoint!What is the linnage on that falcon? Is that some of the stock that Chad brought back from AK?

[sharptail]

Holy s***!! Awesome stoop. Makes me want to move to the western part of our state and fly a longwing.

Western Part of the state? I thought much, if not most of South Dakota was good longwing country? I have hawked western and as far east as Murdo and trapped east river and didn't see any bad longwing country. I can't think of anywhere where i have seen more longwing quarry, including Prairie Chickens, Sharptails, many Pheasants, Ducks, Huns. I think that Sage Grouse closed to hunting a few years back. What is it like where you are?

[wingnut]

Here in the southeast corner of the state there is very poor pheasant populations and the few pockets that have them are pay per hunt, public walkin areas or saved for family/friends. I've tried flying a longwing a few times and always come to the realization that it's pretty futile. Aggressive farming due to ethonal and high corn prices make for dwindling habitat. I'm right along the Missouri River too so duck populations tend to be in nonhawkable settings. I spend a lot of time out in the countryside and sometimes go many days and even weeks without a pheasant sighting. If one is willing to to drive around 100 miles in a more westerly and northen direction there would be some good longwing country.

[wingnut]

I might add we have no chickens, grouse, and there used to be a few covies of huns but haven't seen any for years. I do the Adubon annual Christmas bird count and this year there were no hun or quail sightings in our county.

[falcon56]

What is the linnage on that falcon? Is that some of the stock that Chad brought back from AK?

No, she's a bird Pete Widener produced out of his great tiercel Peales "Charlie" and a female Pete also flew for a couple years. I don't think there is any blood from the wild aleutian birds in her.

[Tom Smith]

I sometime wish I was a little faster with the camera. A split second before this shot would have been a little better as I was getting a picture of the wild goshawk that hung out at my place most of the winter and wiped out most of my pigeons. Even some I thought would be uncatchable.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z128/tomns/GoshawkJan010_zps4bd11ca5.jpg (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/tomns/media/GoshawkJan010_zps4bd11ca5.jpg.html)

[PeteJ]

Good capture nonetheless Tom. It is not often that these two species can be included in the same frame based on the preferred habitats of each.

[Tom Smith]

Good capture nonetheless Tom. It is not often that these two species can be included in the same frame based on the preferred habitats of each.

Thanks Pete, In another frame in this sequence there was a harrier fluttering around the goshawk and that is what drew the prairie in. I would have liked to got all three in the same frame.

[broken feather]

Tom, I'm with Pete nice pic. when do goshawks breed in Idaho? if it's one of a pair you have less pigeons.

[Tom Smith]

Tom, I'm with Pete nice pic. when do goshawks breed in Idaho? if it's one of a pair you have less pigeons.

Thanks Russ, They tend to breed about the same time here in Idaho as elsewhere.

[Huntndad1]

:)http://http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a559/huntndad1/B7F20F87-9726-40F4-A837-A843BBBEFE02_zpsehniziwf.png

http://http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a559/huntndad1/2ED0D583-1BAE-4C16-B5C8-5B850EF06E1D_zpstz0v6vng.png

http://http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a559/huntndad1/5B642122-798C-4095-AE29-76E311844100_zpslngemosa.png

I was doing some bush hogging today and the resident pair of rts showed up with the kids in tow. In the first picture I had made two passes on each side of the strip of grass and the male came stooping behind the tractor, slamming into the strip. I turned around and drove right next to him and he never flinched. I was amazed at his nerve. Tractor running and bush hog churning, never phased him, 4 ft away! Got to love a rt!

[Pedioecetes]

I've had red tails, Swainsons, Feruginous, Marsh hawks and kestrels follow my tractor when I am cutting hay and baling. I have seen them all make kills cokes to the tractor as if I'm not there. It's not like the equipment is quiet or anything. I had a haggard Swainsons catch a Vesper sparrow out of the air and go to ground right in front of the tractor. I had to stop as he was eating it as I got up to him. You can't get that close in a truck! I guess they don't see the tractor as anything less than a lunch wagon.

[Flintknapper]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20140622_070645.jpg (http://s24.photobucket.com/user/-Austin-OBrien/media/20140622_070645.jpg.html)

[weathervaneman]

Howdy
Here's a couple pics of Trudy Molting.

[Flintknapper]

Wow Morris that looks different.

[falcon56]

Why are all your birds "famous"?

[weathervaneman]

Here's Mikie. He's a cross between a kestral falcon and a red-tailed hawk. And I think some of the neighbors parrot. He doesn't seem to want to eat my pigeons. He's more into catch breed and release. I should have the badest flock of pigeons in the county by the end of the summer.

[Flintknapper]

He's colorful but not very aggressive looking. lol.

[Flintknapper]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/newbird0121.jpg (http://s24.photobucket.com/user/-Austin-OBrien/media/newbird0121.jpg.html)

[Sandie_Morehead]

Dante, into the molt. He's chilling on his shelf perch, in the sun.

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i459/FalcoSparveriusFalconer/Dante/10373949_781898098516495_1543192664298200615_n1_zp sef23d0fe.jpg

[Trebor]

Great pics good fun thanks to you all.peacee

[ukroper]

peacee.

LOOKS LIKE ONE OF TREBORS!!!!....:eek::D:eek:

[BestBeagler]

Howdy
Here's a couple pics of Trudy Molting.

Morris, I think she will look AMAZING once completely moulted. Thanks for the pic.

[Trebor]

LOOKS LIKE ONE OF TREBORS!!!!....:eek::D:eek:
Cheers gar haill

[Modoc]

"Sauza" the female sore hawk coop.

Trapped on 4th of July. Just made her first wild Quail kill.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/2014-07-08124222_zpsc2e8de8e.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/20140805_082604_zps2f48be82.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/20140728_073332_zps851647b1.jpg

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http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/20140813_192504_zps910327df.jpg

[460shooter]

My female eyas sharpy pulled on July 31, 2014 at 4 days old. Yeah, I said July 31!! :eek::D
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/711/4_days_old1.jpg
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/711/20_days_old.jpg

[OATS]

Awesome yarak pic Charles. Curious, what was trap weight and what is hunting weight if you don't mind? How's the hooding?

[Modoc]

Thanks.. she was trapped at 354.. were flying at 340..but will need to come down a bit cause she's discovered her freedom and has become a little slow to the fist and the lure.

[IndianFalconer]

Black Shaheens from Indiahttp://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/sollidlleo/shaheenFalcon-chennai-july14-14_zpsb89b75dd.jpg
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/sollidlleo/justoutsideChennai_zps45494fba.jpg

[dliepe]

Beautiful falcons. Are they flown in falconry?

[HGlider]

My female eyas sharpy pulled on July 31, 2014 at 4 days old. Yeah, I said July 31!! :eek::D


Colorado used to have a last eyass take date as July 15. That really sucked. I took an eyass at a couple days old as I had no other option. But it worked out great so I guess it really didn't suck as I would have waited till it was a brancher. But she was one of my best and most fun bird ever. You are going to have fun.

[Tanner]

Terrific photos Karan- thank you. The Black is a deep-keeled and richly colored falcon with huge feet, long remiges and short retrices- and thus inspires envy and falconry-lust in all of us! Please keep sharing.

Cheers,
Tanner

[IndianFalconer]

Terrific photos Karan- thank you. The Black is a deep-keeled and richly colored falcon with huge feet, long remiges and short retrices- and thus inspires envy and falconry-lust in all of us! Please keep sharing.

Cheers,
Tanner

Cheers Tanner thumbsupp

http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/sollidlleo/588235809504d6fcddfdb1copy_zps5f2cf68e.jpg
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http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx21/sollidlleo/sh_zps4be14207.jpg

[Big Foot]

A short video of a tiercel gos hunting the elusive California Water Grouse

https://vimeo.com/104687408

[raptrlvr]

Female peregrine falcon
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr057/_30759_zps01052121.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr057/_30759_zps01052121.jpg.html)

[weathervaneman]

Here's a good sign I seen yesterday. A Frog. The stinkin dirt farmers and utility farmers haven't quit sprayed enough shit yet to kill them all.

[Ross]

A short video of a tiercel gos hunting the elusive California Water Grouse

https://vimeo.com/104687408

Nice video Ricco. I see now how different the areas where we would hunt them are. Most places I see coots have cattails or emergent vegetation higher than my head ringing a wetland.

[Big Foot]

Nice video Ricco. I see now how different the areas where we would hunt them are. Most places I see coots have cattails or emergent vegetation higher than my head ringing a wetland.
Thanks Ross!
It's the same here in CA for the most part. The cattails are what the coots are heading towards. This spot is an exception, ideal for filming- we were able to flush in the direction of the camera and then kind of predict where and how the flight may go.

[Manganese]

Like this?

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-08/24/15/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-32611-1408910300-1.png

http://i.imgur.com/Z734Mko.jpg

[Manganese]

Hah. couldn't help myself..

[WyoWildlife]

Brian McDonald and Jim Ince on the beach at Padre Island with one of Brian's harnesses, October 2003.

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q582/Wyo_wildlife/BMcDonaldandJInceandharness2003Dahlke_zps5666d500. jpg

[JRedig]

Good marketing...I bought it for the falcon...

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm231/birdmanmt/0912141153a.jpg

[Steve L.]

Good marketing...I bought it for the falcon...



Just going to pour the contents down the drain Jeff???

[JRedig]

Just going to pour the contents down the drain Jeff???

You sir, are a genius! :Dpeaceetoungeout

[cvandermerwe]

Just going to pour the contents down the drain Jeff???


You sir, are a genius! :Dpeaceetoungeout


That's terrible, there are thirsty children in Africa......

[Steve L.]

That's terrible, there are thirsty children in Africa......

And thirsty men from South Africa!

[cvandermerwe]

And thirsty men from South Africa!

Yes, and them too...

Oh, if you were referring to me, I really try to stay away from blended Canadian whiskey whenever I can help it. It's not good for the soul, if you know what I mean. Jeff, on the other hand, probably doesn't have as high of standards as me...

[FredFogg]

Good marketing...I bought it for the falcon...

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm231/birdmanmt/0912141153a.jpg

$26.35, that is rot gut stuff!!!!! :eek:

[Steve L.]

Yes, and them too...

Oh, if you were referring to me, I really try to stay away from blended Canadian whiskey whenever I can help it. It's not good for the soul, if you know what I mean. Jeff, on the other hand, probably doesn't have as high of standards as me...


$26.35, that is rot gut stuff!!!!! :eek:

I'll drink it with ya Jeff! The company is more important than the Brand.

[JRedig]

Its coming to the nafa meet, everyone can try!

[cvandermerwe]

Its coming to the nafa meet, everyone can try!

In that case, I certainly hope you bought it's big brother to the right of it in the pic!

[JRedig]

How bout Weller 12 instead for a big brother??

[Tanner]

Harris' hawk with head-mounted camera chasing jack rabbits
http://vimeo.com/107004532

[Steve L.]

Harris' hawk with head-mounted camera chasing jack rabbits
http://vimeo.com/107004532

Great stuff! I think I want one (the camera, not the harris).

[JChavez]

Awesome video
Where would someone look to find a camera like that?

[Goshawkin]

That video is amazing! clapp

[ArnoudH]

[QUOTE=JChavez;335250]Awesome video
Where would someone look to find a camera like that?[/]

Here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vq2Y2pabih4

ATB, Arnoud

[cvandermerwe]

I was digging around in the basement and found some old photos...a bit of a trip down memory lane...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ePaoCdj3UZ8/VC8Ld_bBzDI/AAAAAAAAelM/S-mikoBu1YE/w1008-h567-no/20141003_154747.jpg
Me, 21 years ago...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ogbc2AooP1o/VC8NmA5RirI/AAAAAAAAeq4/ZjCBWjhvcW4/w1008-h567-no/20141003_155709.jpg
My cast of tercel Anatums

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8rK6soqSHkg/VC8Loi7XNsI/AAAAAAAAep4/ztoWQZ3I94Q/w1008-h567-no/20141003_154837.jpg
Jimmy Fustus with a male Ferrug in WY (late 90's)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgzMFFuMOGk/VC8NT9IE5PI/AAAAAAAAeqk/bjJ7v8vYl70/w1008-h567-no/20141003_155454.jpg
Jimmy Fustus with some Prairies he helped us find in WY (late 90's)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8Z2f3LEiQTM/VC8MxJ-2qYI/AAAAAAAAeqY/VufFwErC1q8/w1008-h567-no/20141003_155226.jpg
Me with WY Prairie Falcon

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VL3g1WJQxXY/VC8Nh5Vn1yI/AAAAAAAAerI/N9cg6j409eQ/w1008-h567-no/20141003_155535.jpg
Tom Deckert watching over our falcons introducing the kite

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g6wSEI9ZpRU/VC8MM8LsVnI/AAAAAAAAeqI/40IG-kIvtv0/w1008-h567-no/20141003_155014.jpg
Ross Dirks' pointer (or two) and maybe Tom's dog honoring a point. As the shutter clicked (yeah, back in the day) the bird flushed. Ross can probably ID his dog(s) for us.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b9rniMcTeaM/VC8L7zeSaRI/AAAAAAAAepI/h_m_LnCiKPw/w1008-h567-no/20141003_154946.jpg
Terrible cell picture of an old picture, but it's a Iowa meet (circa 1993/94)
My memory sucks, but lets see...(L to R) Randy-RT/Russ Berkland-Peregrine/Bruce-RT/Dave Parson?-RT/Ray Conn-RT/Ken-HH/Ron-HH/Ross Dirks-HH/Unknown/Tom Deckert and myself in the front-RT.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UtoP0M95TtA/VC8NEJgXDeI/AAAAAAAAeoA/ekIqhgRVm-k/w319-h567-no/20141003_155408.jpg
Tawny Eagle in S. Africa (1991)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MSsLd6ZXgtI/VC8M9JPDVvI/AAAAAAAAepw/BmyMI1ruS68/w319-h567-no/20141003_155328.jpg
African Goshawk in S. Africa

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zx5oLzK3Aoo/VC8NMH9AavI/AAAAAAAAepg/Mmvgyq4DJgU/w319-h567-no/20141003_155429.jpg
Lanner in S. Africa

[ross ricken]

few old northern goshawk pics
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/t3-6.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/t3-6.jpg.html)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/rr2.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/rr2.jpg.html)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/t2-18.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/t2-18.jpg.html)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/s2-1.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/s2-1.jpg.html)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/t8-27.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/t8-27.jpg.html)

[ross ricken]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/t8-36.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/t8-36.jpg.html)


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/t10-27.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/t10-27.jpg.html)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/ross300bhp/roscoe/080.jpg (http://s35.photobucket.com/user/ross300bhp/media/roscoe/080.jpg.html)

[Flintknapper]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20140917_164858.jpg

[Flintknapper]

Ferruginous Morph phasehttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20140917_164711.jpg

[Modoc]

"Liberty" The female sore hawk coop trapped on 4th of July in my backyard early in the morning in my robe...haha. She's doing awesome!
Her first wild kill was a young quail several weeks ago and she is now taking pigeon, starling and cowbirds. She rides freelofted in the car on the passenger headrest and sometimes hops to my headrest for a love nibble on my ear.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/liberty_zpsa8525ef5.jpg


http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q73/modoc_2007/nbn_zpsf62ca8aa.jpg

[dirtwinger]

My buddy Gregs young gyrsaker coming in on a jack.
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/DSC_05552_zps1499a214.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/DSC_05552_zps1499a214.jpg.html)

[dirtwinger]

End of the same flight
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/DSC_05652_zps34e62e78.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/DSC_05652_zps34e62e78.jpg.html)

[ross ricken]

Wat percentage is he Terence . he's a beauty

[Flintknapper]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20141024_165852.jpg

[WHITEGOS]

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af304/mmoglich1/get-attachmentaspx_zpsf0ceacf4.jpeg (http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/mmoglich1/media/get-attachmentaspx_zpsf0ceacf4.jpeg.html)

[460shooter]

I just trapped a huge 56.57 ounce passage female red tail a couple days ago. The first is my favorite photo of her.:eek::eek:
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/730/HUGE_feet.jpg
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/730/Anaya_s_back_colors.jpg

[Paul Ward]

I just trapped a huge 56.57 ounce passage female red tail a couple days ago. The first is my favorite photo of her.:eek::eek:
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/730/HUGE_feet.jpg
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/730/Anaya_s_back_colors.jpg


Paul, I feel in the near future while jack hunting with your new B1 Bomber, you're gonna end up catching a coyote or a mountain lion or something...head shot, of course, with a clean kill!
Seriously though, can't wait to see what this bird pulls off!

[Flintknapper]

Wow that's a beautiful bird.

[falcon56]

http://www.nafex.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3926&stc=1&d=1415574925http://www.nafex.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3927&stc=1&d=1415575038

This guy has been hanging around the pigeon loft and game bird pens the past few days, stupid tame, I was 20 feet from him when I took this. Rewarded him with an easy common pigeon.

[falcon56]

http://www.nafex.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3928&stc=1&d=1415575369

Another shot of the same tiercel

[DtRooster]

Tail of the first bird I caught trapping this year. A local male about 1000 grams, named him Rob Zombie sometime in July, sporting some tail bling.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f47/dazy_cutter_45/063_zpsd0723d42.jpg (http://s44.photobucket.com/user/dazy_cutter_45/media/063_zpsd0723d42.jpg.html)

[dirtwinger]

Wat percentage is he Terence . he's a beauty
&/8th same as my white female. A few pics from this season.
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141106_101108_zpsjzbwj4bs.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141106_101108_zpsjzbwj4bs.jpg.html)
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141104_170653_zps4lepqm6e.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141104_170653_zps4lepqm6e.jpg.html)
Sally just wrecks a jackrabbit
http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss99/dirtwinger/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141103_165457_zpsvoqpxvpu.jpg (http://s565.photobucket.com/user/dirtwinger/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141103_165457_zpsvoqpxvpu.jpg.html)
My son and my saker.

[Ally]

2nd year female cooper's hawk on a pigeon. Cell phone picture but hey, it's what I had on me. :P

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/AllyC2007/2014-10-27_zps4bfffd1d.jpg

[Flintknapper]

http://http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20141108_142753.jpg (http://s24.photobucket.com/user/-Austin-OBrien/media/20141108_142753.jpg.html)[http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20141108_142753.jpg

[Flintknapper]

http://http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20141108_142608.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c16/-Austin-OBrien/20141108_142608.jpg

[Ross]

Awesome Austin! I didn't think you'd have that many pheasants down there. Can you describe the flights and setups she's successful in? Getting any bunny flights? You don't have snow? We got 6 inches Saturday. I'd like to see her fly sometime. Keep it up, Ross

[cvandermerwe]

Awesome Austin! I didn't think you'd have that many pheasants down there. Can you describe the flights and setups she's successful in? Getting any bunny flights? You don't have snow? We got 6 inches Saturday. I'd like to see her fly sometime. Keep it up, Ross

Absolutely unbelievable, with a record of 14 wild pheasants this early in her career it makes her one of the most successful Ferrug's I have ever heard of. I would love to hear about how she does it and of course, I would love to see her fly sometime as well.

Later,

[Pedioecetes]

Wow!!! To repeat the others, what are the flights, set ups, etc. like? You obviously spent a lot thought and action getting to this point. I enjoyed the posts of your raising and training of her. Then it went kinda silent and I often wondered how it was going. Now we know! Will be interesting as winter moves in as they are very cold hardy birds and the winter pheasants should motivate her big time, as they already are. Way to go.

[gemiller]

http://i.imgur.com/AJY5kQ2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HC4IEeg.jpg

Number 6 for the squirrel count so far.

[jm89]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t156/jmeblen89/Mobile%20Uploads/45F540C3-5E54-4B15-B7E0-E71423C93710_zpsmlpnmjab.jpg (http://s159.photobucket.com/user/jmeblen89/media/Mobile%20Uploads/45F540C3-5E54-4B15-B7E0-E71423C93710_zpsmlpnmjab.jpg.html)

My passage redtail doing some creance work

[raptrlvr]

atcfalconry lure stooping his Aplomado at the NAFA meet in Lubbock, Tx
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34943_zpsff772386.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34943_zpsff772386.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34953_zpsb905b3b1.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34953_zpsb905b3b1.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34970_zps55e436b0.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34970_zps55e436b0.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34980_zps8c6972b6.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34980_zps8c6972b6.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34982_zps0556f925.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34982_zps0556f925.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34984_zps5b5879e6.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34984_zps5b5879e6.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34879A_zps8236c05b.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34879A_zps8236c05b.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34917_zps045ad4e7.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34917_zps045ad4e7.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34918_zpsd2b57030.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34918_zpsd2b57030.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr072/_34933_zps539a344a.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr072/_34933_zps539a344a.jpg.html)

[Flintknapper]

Those are really great and clear photos. Beautiful bird.

[raptrlvr]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr073/_37126%20A%20_zpsicves3ny.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr073/_37126%20A%20_zpsicves3ny.jpg.html)

[Red-tail]

Awesome action shot!!

[AxelFortWorth]

Jim, you are a true artist. Man it does not get any better than that. Thanks for sharing.

[Heero]

Not only a great pic, but aplomado on a bunny? Too cool.

Mike

[HGlider]

Not only a great pic, but aplomado on a bunny? Too cool.

Mike

And it's not out of the norm for that Appy.

[raptrlvr]

Some of us have been lucky enough to see the tail chases this Aplomado does on bunnies. She is very fast and when she misses she gets up and stays on the bunny until it either is caught or makes the hole. Its not unusual for her to makes 5 or 6 attempts during the chase. She had this bunny turning every way it could and it wasn't that close to me. I was using a 300mm lens and this picture is cropped a lot. She is fun to watch.

[kestrel_99]

http://<a href=http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/nathan_ryan2/media/IMG_20150119_115719541_zpsgtvyrnip.jpg.html target=_blank>http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag68/nathan_ryan2/IMG_20150119_115719541_zpsgtvyrnip.jpg

ions first squirrel after a long chase :)

[Tanner]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/Merlin4_zpsa324472f.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/schaub_2006/Merlin2_zps292f3f31.jpg

[fkeeperf]

http://youtu.be/W9f6_4KLovE

A video of my late catch Male RTH feeding from the fist after 4 days of training. He Also ate from the fist his 2nd day after capture but not with the confidence he had here. Way to go Quinn!

[adam norrie]

My wife's bantams have a little drink from Sonny's bath. Lucky for them he like them.

http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb477/addyboy1/DSC_2771_zps62ee032b.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/addyboy1/media/DSC_2771_zps62ee032b.jpg.html)

[cvandermerwe]

My wife's bantams have a little drink from Sonny's bath. Lucky for them he like them.



I love that picture, it has them makings of a Far Side joke written all over it.

[raptrlvr]

Lauren Mcgough at the Desert Hawking Classic.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36943_zpstiqkeb56.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36943_zpstiqkeb56.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36937%20A%20_zpsiedsfvij.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36937%20A%20_zpsiedsfvij.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36938%20A%20_zpspswa30qi.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36938%20A%20_zpspswa30qi.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36934%20A%20_zpsatgndotb.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36934%20A%20_zpsatgndotb.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36936%20A%20_zps9r87vwif.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36936%20A%20_zps9r87vwif.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36923%20A%20_zpsl8yuzhgy.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36923%20A%20_zpsl8yuzhgy.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_36922_zps9iauncje.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_36922_zps9iauncje.jpg.html)

[Red-tail]

AWESOME shots!!!! That is a BIG bird!! :eek::eek:

[Flintknapper]

Beautiful and very majestic !

[raptrlvr]

Took these yesterday about 20 miles from my house. Harsh shadows from the morning sun and only 1 in the nest. These were taken from a distance with a 600mm lens.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_43958_zpsgcqyppsr.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_43958_zpsgcqyppsr.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_43972_zpsbtxrfg0e.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_43972_zpsbtxrfg0e.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_43984_zpsogttpsny.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_43984_zpsogttpsny.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_43987_zpsexk3lmvn.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_43987_zpsexk3lmvn.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44018_zpshgfkmnv8.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44018_zpshgfkmnv8.jpg.html)

[Pedioecetes]

Beautiful, Jim. Love your pics. Haggard NA gos hard to beat in the beauty department.

[JRedig]

Took these yesterday about 20 miles from my house. Harsh shadows from the morning sun and only 1 in the nest. These were taken from a distance with a 600mm lens.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_43958_zpsgcqyppsr.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_43958_zpsgcqyppsr.jpg.html)


Wow, look at those markings! Amazing

[raptrlvr]

First 2 pics are the female. The 2nd 2 are the male. Saw the nest first, then the female About 20 minutes later, the male came screaming in and landed in a tree about 40 to 50 yards away. The female then took off for that tree while the male flew right to the spot where the female had been sitting. They would not bring the food to the nest while we were there. These pics were from at least 50 t0 60 yards away with branches in between the birds and me.

[wyodjm]

Beautiful shots Jim.

[harrishawk_79]

Got to live those red eyes

[raptrlvr]

More of the goshawk. Think its about 35 days old.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44114_zpsiqvcs0mi.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44114_zpsiqvcs0mi.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44115_zpsfkieiae8.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44115_zpsfkieiae8.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44115_zpsfkieiae8.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44115_zpsfkieiae8.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44140_zpsoq0mgd1s.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44140_zpsoq0mgd1s.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44161_zpsofsaftal.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44161_zpsofsaftal.jpg.html)

[raptrlvr]

The day she fledged
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44625_zpsuhlpenq1.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44625_zpsuhlpenq1.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44630_zpsnw36mmme.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44630_zpsnw36mmme.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44638%20A%20_zpso36cjkdf.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44638%20A%20_zpso36cjkdf.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/_44639%20A%20_zpskivo6u8w.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/_44639%20A%20_zpskivo6u8w.jpg.html)

[elycreek]

Thanks Jim. Have been enjoying all of your fine photo's

[raptor38]

Here is one of Lucy, and imprint female Wisconsin Goshawk with an imped turkey tail.

They were the only feathers I had when I got her and her tail was 75% gone, so I made due. I had planned on fanning the tail feathers out and mounting on a plaque from the turkey I had shot that spring.

As soon as I got the tail feathers on her, she started catching rabbits and ducks.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z303/korykoch/Lucywithimpedturkeytail.jpg

Here is a shot of COB, an 8 year Peales falcon I flew a few years back. She had been in a breeding project after being flown for a few years.

She taught me a ton and, had she not died of a stroke the following spring, I likely would have kept flying her. She was awesome.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z303/korykoch/COB31ozandgoose10lbs.jpg

...a good fitting hood on a redtail..

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z303/korykoch/DSCN2440.jpg

Last but not least, my first passage redtail (in his second year), my Brit Molly and I back in 95'.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z303/korykoch/MollyKoryWindy94.jpg

That Red tail hood you sent me when I bought some books from you a few years back and just noticed it! Pretty awesome!

[raptrlvr]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr074/11425204_852360621478385_4683582556879466125_o_zps oagbginb.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr074/11425204_852360621478385_4683582556879466125_o_zps oagbginb.jpg.html)

[raptrlvr]

Taken with the IPhone 6

[RT Alison]

My son with our small female coops out carhawking yesterday.



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[RT Alison]

Kiss my cloaca.... this kill is MINE!


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[Shaneshac]

Great shots guys

That fledged goshawk is spectacular!

[RT Alison]

I want everyone to take a good long hard look at that goshawk's tipped tail feathers... in the wild.

[mjh1990]

Are you talking about the fledgling because if you are and look closer they aren't actually tipped just out of place probably from crash landing

[hawkman1220]

It looks to me like they did this while standing in the nest, probably pulling food and cramming those feathers into the nest sticks.

[OATS]

I want everyone to take a good long hard look at that goshawk's tipped tail feathers... in the wild.

Yeah, those feathers are just frayed not tipped. I've caught many wild goshawks and have yet to catch one less than feather perfect, juvie or hag. Typically they have amazingly perfect talons also.

[gemiller]

http://i.imgur.com/RMM4NpFh.jpg

Victoria the Aplomado in tail chase out and back into the barn the pigeon took refuge in mid chase.

[WHITEGOS]

Misha after a nice flight in the high desert in Northern Nevada

s1018.photobucket.com/user/mmoglich1/media/image.jpg1_zpsgb2jv3aj.jpg.html]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af304/mmoglich1/image.jpg1_zpsgb2jv3aj.jpg[/URL]

[Tanner]

Nice one Mark! But no laying down on the job. Neat pattern on Misha.

[gemiller]

Today was interesting. Having a mini meet with some friends we had a few birds out today. One of the birds had some excellent squirrel flights and then took off in a stoop over a gate into a fenced in area on a farmette. First thing I said was "Hope she doesn't have a thing for chickens" as we took off running.. well, boy was I wrong.

http://i.imgur.com/i6CKVADl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZnZ3uYcl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DgQvdtml.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4kJu2HIl.jpg

And, the falconer was hopping fences to my right during the initial set of pictures to assist, but really, the bird had the muskrat under control when he got there. No bites at all, thankfully, because the teeth on this thing are gnarly.

[raptrlvr]

I never saw this jack today, but, Zoltar did. Super long flight and when I got to him he was on the jack.


http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr080/DSC_0754%20AB%20_zpskzshmcui.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr080/DSC_0754%20AB%20_zpskzshmcui.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr080/DSC_0766_zps6xjkdtrq.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr080/DSC_0766_zps6xjkdtrq.jpg.html)

[WyoWildlife]

Stunningly black gyrfalcon captured from the mast of the Cunard ocean steam liner Laconia April 1923. Second photo is back of the print, but labels the bird a "pereguine falcon".

Cunard Lines list no vessel named "Alcania", but had two ships named "Laconia".


http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q582/Wyo_wildlife/Black%20gyr%20captured%20on%20ship%201923_zpsoh6u1 20y.jpg



http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q582/Wyo_wildlife/black%20gyr%20captured%20on%20ship%20back_zpsd5ym9 98h.jpg

[DtRooster]

Nice closeout to another awesome year. Thanks Spook
http://i64.tinypic.com/f0aoue.jpg

[bkdegraw]

Durga ended up having a great season after recovering from an injury, but this shot from last year is still my favorite...
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w465/bkdegraw/squirrel9_zpslan7m8hp.jpg (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/bkdegraw/media/squirrel9_zpslan7m8hp.jpg.html)

[gemiller]

http://i.imgur.com/8ic8VZDh.jpg
Checking one of the nests I've been waiting on with the drone today. The canopy closed in on me so I had to come in from the side in a fairly constrained location, turned out better than anticipated.

[raptrlvr]

Its that time of the year again. Yesterday we pulled a female goshawk from this nest. Looks to be about 7 days old.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr080/DSC_2867%20A%20_zpsjozi0ato.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr080/DSC_2867%20A%20_zpsjozi0ato.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr080/DSC_2860_zpsux0iz50a.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr080/DSC_2860_zpsux0iz50a.jpg.html)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/raptrlvr080/DSC_2863_zpshfdmu0za.jpg (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/raptrlvr/media/raptrlvr080/DSC_2863_zpshfdmu0za.jpg.html)

[OATS]

Checking one of the nests I've been waiting on with the drone today. The canopy closed in on me so I had to come in from the side in a fairly constrained location, turned out better than anticipated.

Gregory, interesting to me that she seems so calm on the nest with a drone hovering above her. I'd thought of using this method to look into goshawks nests and those of cliff nesting raptors but was concerned about the drone being attacked and ending up with an injured parent bird(s). Any aggression occurring? What species have you looked in on and what range are you typically at when shooting? Thanks for the help.

[stonefalconer@gmail.com]

Its that time of the year again. Yesterday we pulled a female goshawk from this nest. Looks to be about 7 days old.


What a cutie! Hopefully with a blood lust.

[Montucky]

Gregory, interesting to me that she seems so calm on the nest with a drone hovering above her. I'd thought of using this method to look into goshawks nests and those of cliff nesting raptors but was concerned about the drone being attacked and ending up with an injured parent bird(s). Any aggression occurring? What species have you looked in on and what range are you typically at when shooting? Thanks for the help.

It brings up a question for sure...we have permits to "enter" nest sites and one might argue that drones are much less invasive that climbing the tree or other trees to look in in person. Having said that, the thought of drones around nest sites is still a scary concept to me in terms of stress and potential injury to the nesting pair if the act aggressively.

[Ally]

Running my brittany under Richard Burnett's gyrlin "Smokey" hunting hungarian partridge in the Bitterroot Valley, MT.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/AllyC2007/richardsmokeykarma_zpsy8mfk1za.jpg

[gemiller]

http://i.imgur.com/DJIqc46h.jpg

Neat shot of a friends Aplomado coming in for some pigeons. I just thought it came out neat with it being all silhouette on an overcast background.

[Heero]

Thats a cool shot, Gregory. Did the falcon get one?

Mike

[gemiller]

Gregory, interesting to me that she seems so calm on the nest with a drone hovering above her. I'd thought of using this method to look into goshawks nests and those of cliff nesting raptors but was concerned about the drone being attacked and ending up with an injured parent bird(s). Any aggression occurring? What species have you looked in on and what range are you typically at when shooting? Thanks for the help.

Sorry, I didn't see this before.

I watched 3 red tail and 3 cooper nests this year with it, pics and video clips from all. I had no "close calls" I had one female red tail after the hatch leave the nest into a soar and yell at the drone but never more than "intimidation" tactics. One male coops would come into and buzz, but never get closer than around 20'. If the male showed up I would simply take a vertical climb and return the drone and land.

Nesting females showed no interest in leaving the nest or what the drone was doing. In fact, I even have a video clip of a mother red tail bringing food in and standing on the nest feeding week old chicks.

[gemiller]

Thats a cool shot, Gregory. Did the falcon get one?

Mike

Not as a result of that immediate flight however the same day.

http://i.imgur.com/QxHjtZ9l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oPSBZVil.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eIqYl3Kl.jpg

Connection pictures weren't taken by me, but the falconer himself (somehow he can carry a camera with a 2 foot lens and fly a bird... beats me how he does it lol).

[bcrow]

My first bird in nearly 20 years - a late trapped kestrel. She reminded me of many lessons I forgot and taught me some I never knew. So happy to be back and looking forward to a new season and a new hunting partner!

2 weeks after trapping:
http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag243/bcrow76/IMG_0985_zpssex5oyyp.jpg (http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/bcrow76/media/IMG_0985_zpssex5oyyp.jpg.html)

doing her thing:
http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag243/bcrow76/Starling_04_%2014_zps2qteef2u.jpg (http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/bcrow76/media/Starling_04_%2014_zps2qteef2u.jpg.html)
http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag243/bcrow76/Starling_06_%205_zpsgqqe6d66.jpg (http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/bcrow76/media/Starling_06_%205_zpsgqqe6d66.jpg.html)

[Saluqi]

Let's revive this old thread, it has great pics, let's see your 2019-2020 photos.

Here are a couple of mine.

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[BSolar]

Here's a few from my first falconry season with my first bird. I had an absolute blast!

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[Saluqi]

Great shots Brent! Nothing better than your first falconry season, good job.

[BSolar]

Great shots Brent! Nothing better than your first falconry season, good job.

Thanks Paul! I can't take credit for the first one, my friend's husband took it at the GLFA meet.

[falconrydope]

Great photo Paul, looks like a decent pond in background.
Ron

[Tanner]

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[GONEHAWKN]

Great pics Tanner......hope all is well.

[Tanner]

Thanks Bill, and likewise. Throw a photo of your latest up there.

[GONEHAWKN]

Thanks Bill, and likewise. Throw a photo of your latest up there.


Latest Merlin?? I’d rather put that one behind me at this point.

[Tyme2fly]

This was last catch for the season with my sons harris. 8900

[Falconer54]

8901 This year, Tiercel and female each caught Drake Mallard, during Blizzard.

[falconrydope]

Very impressive photos!
Ron

[Breeze]

I'm without a raptor right now, for the first time in many years. Breeze is out raising young with his female; Smoke was released right after her first kill. The planned bilateral foot surgery has been done; am now in "feet up and don't walk" mode. Bored! So, here's a photo of my new Belgian Tervuren pup - he's doing great, but sure doesn't understand why we don't get out for our 3-5 mile walks everyday like we used to! Here's Darboshea Troubadour - "True" - enjoying a walk with me prior to surgery. Can't wait for late summer/early fall, when we can get out and trap a new Red-Tail!

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