Not the gun this time- the new bird,a female Kestrel. Padre Paul trapped her during a javelina hunt, sportscasting her approach to the trap on his cell- O Brave New World!–and suggested we call her that, likening her delicate beauty to that gun. Like most Kestrels she is pretty unflappable. Three ravens killed my larger, …
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Curlew and company
It’s a thrill for me every spring when I encounter a group of long-billed curlew, which I had the pleasure of finding Saturday alongside the highway north of Daniel, Wyoming.They are beautiful and graceful birds, but these guys sure had dirty bills and feet from plodding along in the mud, poking for treasures. A little …
American kestrels
Since I did some time on the couch this week, I had the pleasure of picking up our Matthew Mullenix’s American Kestrels in Modern Falconry. I didn’t put it down until I had read it from cover to cover – it’s simply that great a read for kestrel fans like me. The fact that it’s …
Rural views
There are three kestrels claiming territory on the lambing pasture fence this week. What beauty and fierceness.Aziat Rant is a yearling now, and in charge of the bums. They are just getting up from a nap in the kennel in this photo:And an old barn I drive past every now and then just so I …