Fraptorday: Weekly Raptor
Shelby comes to the glove. Notice that his feet have not quite made contact. Also, you can see from the
Read morePhotography practice and techniques
Shelby comes to the glove. Notice that his feet have not quite made contact. Also, you can see from the
Read moreHarris’s hawks are the only raptors known to hunt cooperatively. Falconers have only started taking advantage of this in the
Read moreBack in 2002, Diane’s apprentice Andrea was getting her passage tiercel red-tailed hawk, Lavan, trained. Part of that involved free-flying
Read moreHere’s a picture from the end of the year in 2002. We had Rusty out in the field with the
Read moreHere’s a picture from my birthday back in 2003. A tiercel red-tailed hawk follows Andrea higher into the hills. Tiercel
Read moreThis week, the picture shows Rusty on her way to try to catch something she has spotted. The way she
Read moreHere’s a couple more from our December trip to the San Diego area. Fuji S2 camera, Nikkor AFS VR 70-200mm
Read moreThese two pictures are from an outing in 2005 in San Diego. Rusty and Beater scouted different areas of the
Read moreThere’s some discussion in the comments of an article earlier on concerning Cooper’s hawks and pigeons, so I thought a
Read moreThese are pictures of Rusty from this past January. Rusty’s approach to perches here put her in a nice relation
Read moreHere’s a picture from May 6th showing Shelby, our male Harris’s hawk, perched on the glove of Brian Baer. Brian
Read moreHere’s a couple of pictures from last December. We stopped at a field near Vacaville nad had the hawks out.
Read moreHere’s a couple of photographs from the first falconry meet Diane and I attended, back around 1983 in Florida. The
Read moreShelby, our male Harris’s hawk, perches on our van door before a hunt. We have him set up with some
Read moreOne nice thing about the time we spent in San Diego was that it was pretty rare to have weather
Read moreAnd now for something completely humongous… It’s the 2001 California Hawking Club annual meet, and one of the evening sessions
Read moreThis is one of my favorite pictures of Rusty, our female Harris’s hawk. This was taken in Santee, California, shortly
Read moreYesterday, we were moving things from our temporary apartment to the house. And we had help; Ed Brayton of Dispatches
Read moreA falcon flashes by at the 2004 California Hawking Club’s Sky Trials. Fuji S2 Pro camera and Nikkor 70-200mm VR
Read moreThis one is from a few years back. Andrea’s passage red-tailed hawk, Lavan, comes to the glove. Photo taken with
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