Off Season boardom cool pics

Well its summer and i board as h e double hockey sticks so figured i would start a thread just upload some cool pics of birds a prey or falconry here are a few i think are cool. feel free to upload your own maybe even storys behind them :D
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Drawing by robert kotana
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Wishing i had a Longwing

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/...5/image003.jpg

my Dads First hawk back as a falconry after 25 years Diablo
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Well maybe most falconers have seen this already but it's one of my favorite nature photos:


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Well maybe most falconers have seen this already but it's one of my favorite nature photos: a nesting Falcon.


http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/...szntdvljg.jpeg

Moderator, please feel free to clean up my mess, above....I tried to edit my first post and, well, you see what happened....doh!

Those goshawks seem like they're having a blast in the photographs, plucking feathers or fur.
drift hunters