Another Hi from SA

[AdamVR]

Hi, I came over from another forum, just a lack of good info I guess. I live in South Africa, became involved in falconry in '08 and currently flying a miniature rehab female African Goshawk, and having a jol.

Cheers
Adam fishslap

[dirtwinger]

Welcome to the forum Adam, lot of good people here look forward to hearing about African hawking.

[YARAK191]

Pictures r a plus

[cobus]

Welcome Adam. Looking forward to see you at SAFA

[AdamVR]

Welcome Adam. Looking forward to see you at SAFA

Defenitely!!


I'll put up some pics later tonight, but I just returned from a quick hawking trip, and my Afgos managed to kill a 920g immature guineafowl - a record thus far.

Cheers
Adam

[REYNALDO]

(welc). thats cool. i use to own guinefowls. noisy birds! i still liked them though.

[AdamVR]

(welc). thats cool. i use to own guinefowls. noisy birds! i still liked them though.

They are indeed. The neighbour's got 2 of them - males. Their favourite pasttime is chasing the Jack Russel round the garden. They can become quite aggressive if not given a female to vent their frustrations lol.

[AdamVR]

Here are the pics as promised.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906434@N03/4679744396/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906434@N03/4679744396/)

This is Cheeky. She is a female African Goshawk, currently flying around the 275g mark. She is a passage rehab bird, was handed in at 6 weeks of age, when she apparently flew into a window.

She has around 40 kills to her name, but I lost count, her main prey being Plover, Swainson's francolin and guineafowl. D i ckybirds and starlings come in slow, although she does catch them from time to time. She also caught one bunny a while back, although not intentionally.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906434@N03/4679033011/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906434@N03/4679643468/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906434@N03/4679773854/

[AdamVR]

Here are the pics as promised.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1275/4679744396_16a7cbbb77_b.jpg

This is Cheeky. She is a female African Goshawk, currently flying around the 275g mark. She is a passage rehab bird, was handed in at 6 weeks of age, when she apparently flew into a window.

She has around 40 kills to her name, but I lost count, her main prey being Plover, Swainson's francolin and guineafowl. D i ckybirds and starlings come in slow, although she does catch them from time to time. She also caught one bunny a while back, although not intentionally.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1275/4679744396_16a7cbbb77_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4679033011_b3321bcfa8_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4679637776_5d4b754d54_b.jpg

Cheers

[everetkhorton]

(welc) Adam!