Random photos, let's have them

[Tanner]

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:



Wild Aplomado





Saluqi repelled this cliff this summer

[KidK]

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.



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.



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



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

[Mitchellbrad]

Here's some random. ONe is the view from my property

[Tanner]

Wild gyrs = cool

[hawkstir]

My first RT Mischiff in his second year.

Zippo weathering at sunset.

Northern Tier Outlaws after our first meet.

[GregMik]

Here is a couple from Tasha and I.











Greg

[redtailflyer]

here are just a few


Dusty my first red tail


Tetons


Dusty again

[Eragon]

Here's a few:

[GONEHAWKN]

from yesterday on the E.shore of Maryland......we each singled on bunnies.

[tampamatt]

All of these are of my first and current RT:

[Mitchellbrad]

This is what they meant by a blond tundra although this bird is on the extreme side. A friend in Canada sent me this picture although I don't know who took it.

[PeteJ]

Classic tundra bird! Thanks for sharing.

[GONEHAWKN]

LOVE IT BRAD!! i would love to know how that bird moulted out......or will moult out....

[Mitchellbrad]

Classic tundra bird! Thanks for sharing.

Years ago I had two cotton tops come in on a falcon of mine. Wonderful sight! Wheeler's book has some classical pictures of tundra falcons along with a photo taken by Gordon Court which will knock your socks off.

Brad

[Mitchellbrad]

LOVE IT BRAD!! i would love to know how that bird moulted out......or will moult out....

If I remember right that was a rehab bird which was flown and released.

Brad

[Aquilachrys]

A few shots Scott Larsen took of the Golden a few days ago.

[borderhawk]

3rd time's a charm

LOL!!

Did she catch something in that second pic? It looks like she's carrying something...

[Aquilachrys]

Ya......pigeon

[Tanner]

Ya......pigeon

Nice. Thanks for posting.

[Mike Craig]

Took these shots several years ago of two Peregrine falcons and a couple of Merlins resting during the migration





Merlins

[musketdaft]

The second photo down WOW!! That’s worth going out looking at never mind if there is game on it. Alf.

[Tanner]

Guess what? It's Friday again.

My gal, Sal.



Tuesday

[manog]

Tanner,

It so wild to see how much lighter those Richardsons are compared to our Columbaris. Great looking bird! She is a passage bird right? Also, better you seeing that wild aplomado than me!!! Man that would have been such a temptation!!! Do you see them often? I hope to someday fly one myself.

[Tanner]

Tanner,

It so wild to see how much lighter those Richardsons are compared to our Columbaris. Great looking bird! She is a passage bird right? Also, better you seeing that wild aplomado than me!!! Man that would have been such a temptation!!! Do you see them often? I hope to someday fly one myself.

That has been the only aplo that I've seen. PeteJ has seen some over the years around here--they are not at all common even though the P-fund releases a bunch about a 40 minute drive from here. The horned owls ate quite well this year, apparently. Paul Juergens is a member of this forum, doesn't log on much though, and works that release effort. I traded the bird in the photo a baggie sparrow for some video of it coming in (the footage sucked though, I mostly missed it, unfortunately).

[ericedw]

A few shots from Amarillo last week.

[PeteJ]

Tanner,

It so wild to see how much lighter those Richardsons are compared to our Columbaris. Great looking bird! She is a passage bird right? Also, better you seeing that wild aplomado than me!!! Man that would have been such a temptation!!! Do you see them often? I hope to someday fly one myself.

You can't fly these native Aplos anyway, they're endangered, so it'll be decades before you might be able to fly a wild one. But, you can buy the Peruvian ones...if you have 3 grand or thereabouts.

[awahl]

The second picture is interesting in that you can see where the gos grabbed the pigeon on first contact, and cut it on the neck.

Speaking of the aplomados, anyone out there tried an aplomado/peregrine?

[PeteJ]

The second picture is interesting in that you can see where the gos grabbed the pigeon on first contact, and cut it on the neck.

Speaking of the aplomados, anyone out there tried an aplomado/peregrine?

I know that a few Peregrine/Aplos were made. They apparently sort of have the same one speed thing that the Aplos have. Nothing to write home about. But you might check with Rich Jones (CA falconer) as he messed around with one for a bit.

[PeteJ]

Pretty close to getting these two Barbary/Teitas airborne after many years of being up for breeding. We'll see how they can do after such a long hiatus. Mostly it will be matter of keeping Prairies from trying to mess with them at this point.

[Jeff721]

some better photos from a bunny hunt yesterday with Bill (Gonehawkn)

Not Bill's bird:



^The bird in this pic actually grabbed the rabbit a it was jumping over the creek in the background. Made a nice cannonball splash, picture was taken after the bird was dragged out onto dry land.

Bill's bird:







^Even though I'm not a blood and gore kind of guy, this was still my favorite shot. This bird definitely knows where the "stop button" is located.

[sharptail]

Pretty close to getting these two Barbary/Teitas airborne after many years of being up for breeding. We'll see how they can do after such a long hiatus. Mostly it will be matter of keeping Prairies from trying to mess with them at this point.

Dang Pete, those are some kinda looong flights(primary feathers)!

[raptrlvr]

Tanner, I have a few more that I haven't gotten around to doing. Send me a PM or email me with your email address so your dad doesn't have to forward them to you. I had a great time at the longwing meet and I didn't even fly my bird. Always good company there.

[PeteJ]

Dang Pete, those are some kinda looong flights(primary feathers)!

They're called 'props'. They say "All the better to catch you with my dear!"

[PeteJ]

^Even though I'm not a blood and gore kind of guy, this was still my favorite shot. This bird definitely knows where the "stop button" is located.

Power brakes, although they do lock up!

[raptrlvr]

Pete, great looking falcons.