My friend Eric forwarded an interesting post by a Canadian dog trainer (not Gregg) who looks to the falconry permitting scheme as a possible answer for the mandatory spay/neuter situation in the dog breeding world. It reads in part: “How come the falconers have learned to control the breeding of falcons without spaying and neutering …
Author: Matt Mullenix
Mardi Gras Gumbo
When you were born elsewhere, raised elsewhere, trained as a world child and a globe trotter, how do you become a native of any one place? How do you finally find a home? In Louisiana, “first you make a roux.” Our local celebrity chef, John Folse, writes about the roux in his new game cookbook, …
Public Comment on Passage Peregrines
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments on a draft environmental assessment for the taking of passage peregrine falcons (fledged juveniles on their first migration) for falconry. The comment period closes on 11 February, so there is still time to put your two cents in if you care to. The issue is …
Parabuteo domesticus
How a Harris quenches his thirst after the hunt.
On The Farm
One of my favorite hawking spots is a neighbor’s hayfield, which he saves for me as long as he can before cutting it or moving the cows in. I’ve been going there often and letting the hawk feed while there’s still something left to eat. Today, Jonathan Millican joined me and took some photos of …
Falcon and the Snowjob
Relating to the recent pics of GWB hanging out in the Saudi weathering yard, Anne found this post by “BWildered” at the liberal blogsite Daily Kos: “Were you, like me, treated to an Abu Dhabi photo-op? Abu Dhabi royals introducing George W Bush to the arts and sciences of falconry. Where are the sharp-eyed falcons …
Chinese “hunting parks”
This video carries a Reuters report by Kitty Bu on what are referred to as “hunting parks” in China. The story is interesting in its choice of angle (“Chinese hunters complaining about gun control”) and in its casual assumption that the activity depicted is hunting! For the record, there is no hunting in this video, …
More of the Prez with falcons
When cognitive worlds collide…. From http://www.whitehouse.gov/: President George W. Bush holds a falcon as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nayhan, stands by during dinner Sunday night, Jan. 13, 2008 in the desert near Abu Dhabi. White House photo by Eric Draper President George W. Bush and Crown Prince Sheikh …
Caption Contest
Official caption: “President George W. Bush holds a falcon shown to him by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, during a visit to Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House in Dubai. White House photo by Eric Draper“ Anyone want to suggest some dialog?
Good Reading from Prairie Mary
Many here will enjoy two recent posts by writer Mary Strachan Scriver, who sometimes comments at Querencia. Here are excerpts from each. I encourage you to read the full texts. From the post H-ANIMAL: “…I’ve been reading about species genomes (the close relationship between the dog genome and the human genome, for instance) and mammal …