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22nd June 2011

Chuck came for a nice walk with us and the dogs yesterday evening, his first of many. He was very good considering he was being blown about all over the place by heavy winds yet...

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http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Chuck/chucksat.jpg

Some recent pics of Chuck, he had his anklets fitted yesterday and is very good with his hood now :) (from the 21st June 2011)...

And some recent ones of him yesterday (15th June 2011):
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Chuck/P1010558.jpg...

Yes as Mark has mentioned, Chuck is a male imprint Prairie :) My first venture into imprint falcons and I thought i'd go for what i've always wanted. I thought you Americans would have spotted the...

http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Chuck/P1010534.jpg
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Chuck/P1010538.jpg
And getting used to Halo 3 and Gears of...

Let me introduce Chuck when we first got him, travelling home:
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Chuck/P1010458.jpg...

So he's 31 days old today (16/16/11) and is weighing in at 1lb 6oz, here's this year's project. He's been with us for just over a week and I can hardly recognise the chick I first picked up. We...

Thanks for everyone's comments, it's nice to hear some input from those who have dealt with Prairies. It's a bit like hitting your head against a brick wall on this side of the pond, noone wants to...

Thanks Brian,

Did you experience much noise just out of interest?

ATB Jen

Brilliant, that's very helpful information. I have imprinted Tawny Owls in the past and a Spar last year and I think from what I learnt it is just vitally important they come into contact with...

Thanks for that Tom, so what would you do differently do you think to prevent the aggresiveness towards strangers, dogs and children? Would you encourage them seeing many during the imprinting stages?

Anyone out there with experience of imprinting prairies?

For any of those that have, what would you recommend doing and steering clear of?

What methods and techniques have you tried? What has worked and what hasn't worked so well?

ATB Jen

He was indeed, looking for some of the later pics of him but got none on photobucket, he was my little baby. Sounds soppy but he was my best achievement, I could do anything with him :)

I got him a new hood but when it arrived I had taken Xanda back to the breeder after 2 months of Cocci treatment which never improved :(

My third male Harris Hawk - Carter '09
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr163/parabuteo15falco/Carter/P1060522.jpg

Tiercel Peregrine - Xanda...

Will pop some up :)

Hi,

I'm Jen, 19 years old and have been practising falconry for 5 years now.
Some may recognise me off the IFF with this username.

I love my countrysports and have been ferreting and...