Fishes, wishes… and a caption, please

Guy Boyd, gyr tiercel “Darwin”,  huge rainbow. Story?  Take it away! Guy’s was  “Game is getting thin on the ground around here, so…” At least one person who saw this image “believed ” it– people are distressingly uncertain about raptors and their habits. Of course they also think raptor means Deinonychus…   More fish. Sometimes, …

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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, …

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My other favorite raptor painting…

It’s a goshawk, probably to no one’s surprise– a tiny watercolor by Tom Quinn, “Two Shades of Blue”. The week after he painted it he sent me a transparency, writing “This fell out of my brush…” The painted gos is actually smaller in real life (of the painting I mean) than a Steller’s jay, her …

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Stoop

Perfect shot of a Merlin stooping in England courtesy of John Loft, the living master of Merlins — right click for big.

Best Coursing Photos of the Year!

Terence Wright sent these pics from the Albuquerque gang last night. His, Greg’s, and Warren’s dogs at least are represented, and Greg’s gyr cross Spook.  I am envious– come on down! Meanwhile, right click to enlarge as always. I believe these last two are double grandchildren of Ataika and Lashyn. UPDATE: the black dog is …

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Mattanza Magdalena

It has been a rough year for our town– four funerals in one family alone, no water for a month in summer, loss of our only food store. Perhaps my young friend Jason Otero, who is a guide and hound trainer among other skills, just decided to cheer everyone up. He staged a mattanza– literally …

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