Comments on: Curse of the Blue Streak http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/ Wesley R. Elsberry's personal weblog, talking about falconry, science, antievolution, computation, and the broken body he lives in. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:09:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/comment-page-1/#comment-183298 Austringer Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:16:43 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/#comment-183298 That last empty frame proves that I failed to keep up with the departing Coops. I don't think Diane had a glove with her when she visited the bird house, therefore the bare hand. What she really needed was body armor. While I wouldn't say "died out", falconry certainly became far less practiced when it became a leisure sport rather than the most practical means of obtaining meat for the table. There are several thousand licensed falconers in the USA currently. That last empty frame proves that I failed to keep up with the departing Coops.

I don’t think Diane had a glove with her when she visited the bird house, therefore the bare hand. What she really needed was body armor.

While I wouldn’t say “died out”, falconry certainly became far less practiced when it became a leisure sport rather than the most practical means of obtaining meat for the table. There are several thousand licensed falconers in the USA currently.

]]> By: Monado http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/comment-page-1/#comment-183293 Monado Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:56:36 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/#comment-183293 Unromantic fact of the week: falconry died out rapidly after the invention of the shotgun. Until then, it was the only way to take the fight to bird pests in the air. Unromantic fact of the week: falconry died out rapidly after the invention of the shotgun. Until then, it was the only way to take the fight to bird pests in the air.

]]> By: Monado http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/comment-page-1/#comment-183292 Monado Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:52:28 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/#comment-183292 Neat story. Bold little bugger! "Ah, a buffet!" I'd be scared to hold one in a bare fist, but you obviously have more experience than I. I don't think that last frame has any hawk in it at all. Neat story. Bold little bugger! “Ah, a buffet!”

I’d be scared to hold one in a bare fist, but you obviously have more experience than I.

I don’t think that last frame has any hawk in it at all.

]]> By: Austringer http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/comment-page-1/#comment-183170 Austringer Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:59:39 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/#comment-183170 It's not the beak that's the dangerous part of a raptor, it's those talons. Mostly raptors do not try to bite when held. Our male Harris' hawk, Shelby, is a bit of an exception, and in fact we called him "Biter" for several years. This Cooper's hawk likely had seen us before, as it has previously eaten several of our birds. But I doubt it had ever been so close to a human before. It’s not the beak that’s the dangerous part of a raptor, it’s those talons. Mostly raptors do not try to bite when held. Our male Harris’ hawk, Shelby, is a bit of an exception, and in fact we called him “Biter” for several years.

This Cooper’s hawk likely had seen us before, as it has previously eaten several of our birds. But I doubt it had ever been so close to a human before.

]]> By: Reed A. Cartwright http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/comment-page-1/#comment-183169 Reed A. Cartwright Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:48:32 +0000 http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/03/29/curse-of-the-blue-streak/#comment-183169 It seems rather agreeable in those photos, by not trying to peck at Diane's arm? Did it freak out when a human came near the cage? I'm just wondering if it had experience with humans before. It seems rather agreeable in those photos, by not trying to peck at Diane’s arm?

Did it freak out when a human came near the cage?

I’m just wondering if it had experience with humans before.

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