Austringer20 Oct 2006 11:03 pm
Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor
Well, my DSLR was stolen, but I still have my archives to draw upon.

Steve Layman gave a demonstration at the 2001 California Hawking Club of the sort of results he gets using straight operant conditioning with his falconry birds. Sharp-shinned hawks are accipiters, high-strung and with a reputation for being temperamental. Layman’s technique, though, resulted in this bird paying close attention to him, performing a series of jump-ups and flights to the lure despite being in front of an audience of falconers in a hotel meeting room. At the end of the demonstration, she got her reward. By her expression, she isn’t willing to share.
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AMA citation:
Elsberry W. Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor. The Austringer. 2006. Available at: http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/10/20/fraptorday-weekly-raptor-4/. Accessed November 22, 2008.
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Elsberry, Wesley R.. (2006). Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from The Austringer Web site: http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/10/20/fraptorday-weekly-raptor-4/
Chicago citation:
Elsberry, Wesley R.. 2006. Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor. The Austringer. http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/10/20/fraptorday-weekly-raptor-4/ (accessed November 22, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Elsberry, W 2006, Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor, The Austringer. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from <http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/10/20/fraptorday-weekly-raptor-4/>
MLA citation:
Elsberry, Wesley R.. "Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor." 20 Oct. 2006. The Austringer. Accessed 22 Nov. 2008. <http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2006/10/20/fraptorday-weekly-raptor-4/>
October 17th, 2007 at 7:28 am
isent it a copers hawk
October 17th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
No, I am pretty certain that the bird in the picture is a sharp-shinned hawk. Sharpies are a good deal smaller than their Cooper’s hawk cousins, but with many of the accipiter behavioral traits common to sharp-shinned hawks, Cooper’s hawks, and goshawks.