Photos from Terence Wright prove that the descendants of the late Plummer, the creaky Lashyn, and the still healthy Taik and Kyran are doing well at that rarest and oldest form of team pursuit hunting here in New Mexico: Fubar is a perfect example of how falconry can rehabilitate a seemingly hopeless bird. Terence wrote: …
Tag: My Favorite Things
Birds of Paradise
Some marketers seemed to think that a fitting description of my last book’s subject, eagles, was “the most beautiful bird in the world”. To use a more polite word than I usually would, nonsense! There are many contenders; this pheasant has always been a favorite: Even more so when displaying But there are even better …
Originals
My visual totem is a Japanese Goshawk– see my pistol, buckle, and more. I have seen originals even if I couldn’t hope to own one, though apparently Paddy Leigh Fermor had TWO. Here are some re- views of just a couple of mine and a hint to some though not all of their models…