Falconry Wesley R. Elsberry on 23 Oct 2005 10:49 pm
Hawkwalk 2005/10/23
Diane and I took Rusty hunting today, along with Farli and Ritka. We went to an industrial park, which makes a nice quiet place on a Sunday.
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Gotta have transportation. Our van gets the family to hunting spots. Nowadays it helps when the hunting spot is not terribly far from home. |
| And here’s the spot, or at least part of it. Industrial parks often have undeveloped bottom land in the vicinity. Diane spotted pheasants on an earlier visit here. |  |
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Rusty stretched her wings a bit out in the field. |
| Rusty takes advantage of available perches for height. |  |
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Ritka finds field work stimulating. She’s needed a good run for a while. |
| Farli’s favorite thing is going out to find the birds. |  |
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Where you have industrial parks, you also tend to get railroad tracks. Rusty uses a track as a temporary perch as we cross to the field on the other side. |
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A high perch is very attractive to Rusty. |
| Rusty flies over me as Diane calls her to the glove. |  |
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Rusty on the glove, for a moment. |
| Diane and Ritka work the field. We saw a couple of jackrabbits, but nobody chased those. |  |
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Rusty passes over the field. |
| Another bird flies over. |  |
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Diane, Rusty, Farli, and Ritka all in one spot. |
| The final call to the glove for Rusty. Time to head home. |  |
One Response to “Hawkwalk 2005/10/23”
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on 17 Nov 2005 at 5:52 pm 1.somebody said …
thats awesome nice pictures i’m a falconer too