Thank you, and to you as well, Mike. Lovely story!
I assume that having been captive for awhile doesn't degrade the wild-caught hawks' survival skills, or you wouldn't release them. Is that customary among falconers, or just something you like to do? (BTW, it was Share who asked about your "critters," but I always find your posts about them of interest. Wish you'd take some more pix, hint hint.) << Merry Christmas Judy. All the *critters* are doing well. I lost my wild caught Peregrine yesterday while training but found her this morning(telemetry). The captive bred male had fun today chasing birds the Spinoni was pointing. <An odd thing happened a couple of days ago. My male caught a sparrow and when he jumped up onto my fist, a wild adult Tundra Peregrine stooped at him and came within about 15 feet of us and then flew off. They don't normally winter here but I had let one go last year in the same place. I'm thinking she wintered out there and returned for this year. Nice way for her to say *hello*, I'm doing well! I'll do the same with the wild caught one that I have now. When the spring migration begins in March , I'll fatten her up and let her go from there as well. >> On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 10:44 AM, "authfriend@..." <authfriend@...> wrote: Actually, Fröhliche Weinachten is German. Und Fruelich Wienachten! Das ist Yerman fur dos whu dinna know
