Recently Terence Wright’s 12 year old Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog starred with partner Loki the lurcher in a video here. Yesterday he was killed on a jack by a coyote before Loki and Terence could get to him. He will be missed; he was one of the best hare falcons I have ever seen, and …
Tag: Falconry
Our Crew Goes Viral
Patrick Burns links a video, which comes to our Asia Group via Karen Myers– and turns out to be our gang here in NM. Terence Wright, lurcher Loki, and Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog are family. They have appeared here before and I hope will again soon- we have hunting plans. The team(photos by Daniela).Cog on …
Frederic
Peculiar sends a link to the latest– there always seems to be news– on Emperor Frederic the Second (1194- 1250), of Sicily and the Holy Roman Empire (which wits will still tell you was none of the three)…I have been trying unsuccessfully for years to sell a book on Frederic and his surviving relics like …
Links, Pix, & Assorted Phenomena…
Lauren’s Aquiling is up and running again and, at least until her book on her year among the Kazakhs is out, the best place for exotic falconry and adventure tales… There is some pretty funny and often grotesque animal photography up at Nature Wants to Eat You. HT Annie Davidson, who also sent this video …
Hawk Trapping
Leonardo Trujillo, a new falconer and friend of my apprentice Gary Moody, just trapped his first redtail “Rojo”. He may find that such “getting ready games” (term from Bil Gilbert) are almost as addictive as falconry itself. Meanwhile, congratulations!
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Lauren at 17 in Olgii with AralbaiAt 25 on her Fulbright:With Aralbai, classic Kazakh cowboy, and his new eagle just before her return.Sooner or later we will get Peculiar to get some of his “Mongolia expedition staff at 17” photos too…
Mongolian Art
Just for fun– the cover of a small Mongolian pb treatise on Eagle Hunting (in Mongolian– can’t read a word of it) that I found as I dug deeper into the library.. Sure, it is sort of Soviet- influenced I suppose, but its bold vivid block print style is still striking.
Momo…
Momo is learning to jump to the T- perch- actually these are over a week old and he is flying not just hopping…
Puppy Learning
Daniel’s Bailey getting lessons in manners from his mentor: Perhaps Mr Schwartz (post below) might see such practices– hunting! TRAINING!!– as animal abuse. On the contrary, I think that being able to witness scenes like this is a rare privilege.
Tidbit
Hawk is learning fast. He actually JUMPED to me after this pic– with his weight completely un- reduced! Has anyone any name ideas? Somehow it has always been difficult for me to name birds…