Retrieverman is raising a new pup, with a mirror for “company” when alone. I use an analogous technique with baby falcons. But with Post Office bears:I also feed them from a timed automatic cat feeder to eliminate begging, and keep them in that kid’s swimming pool in the living/ computer room 24- 7, with dogs, …
Tag: Falconry
Sad Week
I just got word from Alan Gates that Aralbai has died at just 54.(Photo by Cat)He might have been “The Coolest Man in the World” and was a serious drinking companion, but many people from many countries from here to England to Japan (I may tell that tale later) appreciated him as a guide and …
Strange Tri- Hybrids
From reader Roberto Buonfante comes this “natural” domestic pair and their young, in Italy: a Buteo X Buteo (Redtail jamaicensis x Ferruginous regalis) mated to a Harris (Parabuteo–!– unicinctus) and their first of several successful clutches. Seems they might make great hare hawks! Roberto writes: “… the Harris [and] the red/ ferr. were placed in …
Falconry Wonk Quote
Utah attorney Jason Jones on the proposed regulation of domestic hybrid falcons by the federal government: [The Fish & Wildlife Service’s] “…attempting to regulate the possession of non-native hybrids,… based on FWS’s assertion that their law enforcement agents may have difficulty distinguishing hybrid raptors from native raptors, is the equivalent to the DEA attempting to …
Michael’s fly; more connections…
As promised, the “Goshawk & Claret”, on its cover letter from Michael Simon back in 2000 [I had put 1990, meant to type 1999, and it was actually 2000!]The reason for the Khyber Pass falconer- with- Gos in “Teaser”, below, is that Michael spent a good bit of his youth in Afghanistan before war tore …
Teaser
Michael Simon’s “Bodio’s Gos & Claret” fly surrounded by Bodio & Gos in Bozeman ca 1999, and (clockwise) Khyber Pass Gos by Catherine Lassez (70’s), Afghan Lapis snuff bottle, Pakistani bell. And remember one of Michael’s old ID’s was “Afghan Trout”…
Sad News
Alan Gates writes: “I have sad news that Aralbai has been diagnosed with throat cancer, he refused the laser treatment he was offered at the UB hospital because he believed that those that had had this type of treatment, die quicker. “He has deteriorated a lot from the time I last hunted with him, and …
Some Replies–Eagles for Jim, “UFO Area” for Chas…
Below, Jim Cornelius wrote: “Caught an episode of Human Planet on Saturday, featuring a 16-year-old Kazakh making his first hunt with an eagle he had captured and trained. They had a camera mounted on the eagle. OH, MAN! I want to see an entire movie on this type of hunting in IMAX.” Actually, a wonderful …
Gos in action
From Paul Domski: a few of the amazing photo sequence that photographer Mark Wiliams shot of his Gos. (As always click to enlarge). Mark’s site is here.
Eevil Killer Dino- Birds
(With apologies to Darren). Walter Hingley sends word of new theories coming out the Museum of the Rockies about the ever- closer similarities becoming apparent between raptorial dinos and modern raptors. The illo is lurid but wonderful: Of course some of us have always thought so, notably John McLoughlin. “Washington and Moscow…” UPDATE: Quote is …