I am an unabashed fan of Terence Hanbury White; whatever his personal faults and agonies, he left a legacy of good books about things that interest me and my friends– probably all naturalists and writers on country matters and falconers who understand honesty. If he had written just the Arthurian trilogy and The Goshawk he …
Tag: Falconry
Teddy’s Team
Just a little photoblogging for today, as I have another deadline. This is Teddy Moritz’s team of Dachshund and Harris, working so well together they barely need a human. Teddy bred our Lil what seems a lifetime ago, and she continues to field her team in places close to civilization on the east coast.
Traditional Sport in Kyrgizstan
Sent by Sir Terence Clark: UPDATE: I was struck by the smooth gait of the horses and the comfortable seat of the riders in one sequence. I am no great horseman, so was gratified when old cowhand and world class photographer Jay Dusard wrote: “The most amazing segment in the film was the horses that …
Pluvi is back!
And her new book is coming…
Gosses and Gyrs, again…
The “what hawk?” conundrum is invading my house in the form of art to be framed. I always need more walls but the supply of frames is well exceeded by the rate that art comes in. We now have an almost surrealistically large male Gyr turning his head in greeting, photographed by multi- talented Albuquerque …
Great shot!
Action! Duck hawking with Peregrine, shot by Dan Gauss: And a calm return:
Hereditary cool?
My late friend Aralbai of Bayan Olgii was sometimes known as “The Coolest Man in the World”, on the strength of this sort of… call it an Internet poster made (not by us) of him: Here he is in younger days, with his son in 1997 on our first expedition. He was a dedicated hunter, …
“First the Hawk…”
Matt Mullenix is still part of the team here at Q, but has temporarily misplaced his access, so has asked me to post these reflections on perfectionism he wrote down after yesterday’s hawking, and my response. The phrase comes from the useful maxim, one of the first any aspiring falconer should memorize and carve on …
RIP: Frank Bond, 1943- 2013
Frank Bond, of Santa Fe New Mexico, one of the four founders of the Peregrine Fund; lawyer, rancher, principled politician, father, old- fashioned but innovative conservationist; old friend; perhaps first, in his own mind, falconer, died of a swift- moving cancer last week. The scion of a wealthy sheep -ranching family in northern New Mexico, …
Of Colonel Thornton and inedible quarry
My circle of friends has been talking about hunting predators, something I was for a long time reluctant to do for reasons (it now seems) I had not thought out. While I think all quarry should be treated with respect, a coyote skin or a big carnivore skull can be a magical object– as can …