need member falconry photos- NAFEX calender

[Lee Slikkers]

Thanks Dan, I've heard Larry makes an excellent hood.

[awahl]

You're right I see it.....

I said I had some time on my hands

I just wish I could spell. As I read it for the second time around, I thought I was saying something about a snob? Nice work!

[GONEHAWKN]

a little something of mine from this past season.

[Hawkmom]

Love the kestrel on the starling. My personal favorite.

[redtailflyer]

here are just a few of my favorites....i have them all in larger sizes if you need.

[Lee Slikkers]

These were a couple of my fav's from last season. Enjoy~

[Ross]

These pictures were taken by my friend Dean Miller of my peales peregrine Diana, they appear in other places on the forum also.

[Ross]

These were taken by Joe Spoo of my large female redtail, Denna









This also taken by Joe Spoo is my goshawk, Stile

[wyodjm]

Really nice pictures Ross.

[Lee Slikkers]

Really nice pictures Ross.

agreed, love the last shot of the Gos...

[Ross]

Thanks, Dan and Lee. I always feel obligated to point out the photographic talent is not mine. Having nice looking birds attracts good wildlife photographers. Lee I really like your coops pics. I think they'll be able to put together a top notch calender from what I've seen on here, and they have a few months to round up some more.

[jboro]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel


Red Tail/Snowshoe


Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

[wingnut]

I had a picture of my gos tearing into a bunny on my screen saver for a while and got some comments like "Ewuuu that's gross" Thought mabe you'd want a few pics that don't have a bloody, half-eaten carcass in it.

[Lee Slikkers]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel


Red Tail/Snowshoe


Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

So excellent!!! One goal I never achieved with my RT's...beautiful photo as well.

[jboro]

Thanks Lee

I have never caught a cottontail with a Red Tail. I've never even seen a cottontail in New Hampshire.

[raptrlvr]

I took hundreds of shots last season, but, here are a couple that I liked.

[Fawkes]

Whats happening with the calendar? Did either 08/09 get made?

Here's some of my own shots from NAFA 07/08

[Dirthawking]

Soooooo........

Where are the calanders Chris? Any luck/chance of something for 2011? We have more than plenty awsome photogs on here!

[Hunter45]

This is a December, 2007 picture of Tess, my (then) 2nd season PFRT w/Whitetail Jackrabbit in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. The valley floor is 7,500 feet above sea level and the mountain in the background is 14,000+ ft. Mt. Blanca. She is an awesome jack bird with strength, power, and confidence that make her one of the best I've ever flown.

[dliepe]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel


Red Tail/Snowshoe


Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

Amanda knocked it out of the park with that shot. Awesome!!

[dliepe]

I like this shot. Don't know why? Maybe it's the spartina grass. Also shows the size and powerful build of a big female gyr/per hybrid. Duck is a female hoodie taken in style.
Another a few years back of the tiercel. colorful

[Hunter45]

Amanda knocked it out of the park with that shot. Awesome!!

I agree. This is truly a "one in a million" picture. You can go forever to get it all to come together like it does w/this on. I believe it's the only action picture I've ever seen of an RT on a snowshoe hare. How great to have such a moment memorialized beyond one's memory!

[dliepe]

I agree. This is truly a "one in a million" picture. You can go forever to get it all to come together like it does w/this on. I believe it's the only action picture I've ever seen of an RT on a snowshoe hare. How great to have such a moment memorialized beyond one's memory!

Thousands of attempts and I've not come close to such a unique and beautfull shot. This is the reason you take your camera hawking.

[Hunter45]

This is a picture of my wife, Sandra, in 2004. After 31 years of marriage and taking care of my birds when I traveled on business, she decided she wanted to try her hand at it. She had finished her chemo and radiation treatments for breast cancer in late summer and wanted to both regain her strength and for us to have more time together - walking up to the edge of the pit will do that to you. Her tiercel, Jack, was the perfect bird for an apprentice - great temperament and a very good hunter. She caught 50 rabbits with him her first year. It's been 6 years since then. She's remained cancer free (praise God!) and felt her time with Jack was instrumental in resurrecting her "old self" from the ravages of the treatments. Unfortunately Jack died suddenly the next season of unknown causes (vet Ken Felix was on the scene when it happened and he thought a stroke, aneurism, or heart attack). She's not flying at this time; grandkids are her hobby right now, but she's thinking about getting another tiercel to fly this fall.

[Squirrelhawkin]

My buddy,John White took this one at the Cali meet a couple years ago. Take a look at the cover photo of Vol.52 of "American Falconry" mag. Almost identical.

[Squirrelhawkin]

John White took this one as well. My little male,lookin' for a bunny

[OATS]

Wow, lots of GREAT photos posted here. The calender is a great idea. Let me know when they're ready, I'll buy a few.

[YARAK28]

This is a picture of my wife, Sandra, in 2004. After 31 years of marriage and taking care of my birds when I traveled on business, she decided she wanted to try her hand at it. She had finished her chemo and radiation treatments for breast cancer in late summer and wanted to both regain her strength and for us to have more time together - walking up to the edge of the pit will do that to you. Her tiercel, Jack, was the perfect bird for an apprentice - great temperament and a very good hunter. She caught 50 rabbits with him her first year. It's been 6 years since then. She's remained cancer free (praise God!) and felt her time with Jack was instrumental in resurrecting her "old self" from the ravages of the treatments. Unfortunately Jack died suddenly the next season of unknown causes (vet Ken Felix was on the scene when it happened and he thought a stroke, aneurism, or heart attack). She's not flying at this time; grandkids are her hobby right now, but she's thinking about getting another tiercel to fly this fall.
thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.

thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.

[Chris L.]

Soooooo........

Where are the calanders Chris? Any luck/chance of something for 2011? We have more than plenty awsome photogs on here!

Hmmmm, I will tell you where they are not


There are some great pictures here. I just bought a mac book pro and I hear there is some software on macs for doing them. If its not to bad I will make one.

I will go through the pictures and see what I can come up with. I do have a little free time. I will contact those who I use to get written permission to use your pictures.

If the costs are reasonable I will do a run of them

[Hunter45]

thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.

Sean, thanks for your comment. Nearly 4 decades together have given Sandra and me a very close bond that we appreciate more each passing year. Having her with a bird on the glove and time together in the field has been very special.

Oh, and Sandra came up with a new regimen in keeping our birds that has worked out really well. They are NEVER picked up off a perch with meat on the glove or fed on the glove in the mew or have food tossed to them in the mew. Every meal is either via a timed feeder in the mew with no human present or away from the mew. The result is almost zero association with the mew, us and food. As a result, they bate very little, if at all, when we go out to get them during hunting season. Why should they when they have no expectation of being fed? Better manners, sharper talons, and less wear on the feathers are all further benefits. Interesting that the "apprentice" taught the "master" a thing or two, eh?

[skooky20]

here is nikon on the squirrel that he caught at the state meet

[hawkerev]

Georgia Hunting Morning, Trevor & RT Kira.