Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon
Mike, I'm guessing that each falcon has its own personality too. I like the name Nike. Does it fit her personality? A bunch of questions: are the males and females different in other than the obvious ways? Do you have your own falcons that you take to meets? What is their usual life span? How are the ducks flushed out? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Yes, I've trained falcons since the early sixties. This one is being raised in Iowa. I should be getting her around July first. There aren't really any competitions but there are falconry meets all over the country. Texas Hawking association has one every January, usually in Abilene, although this year it was changed to Waco. Falconers gather and go out hunting with their birds. Down here, ducks are the favored quarry for Peregrines. They *wait-on* above a pond about 1,000 to 2,000 feet and then the ducks are flushed and the falcon drops out of the sky, upwards of 200-300 miles an hour and smack the duck. It really is a breath-taking event. Speed and agility at it's finest. I'm thinking of calling this one Nike( goddess of victory and also an anti- aircraft missile), From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Oh my gosh, Mike, so sweet. Thank you so much for posting, perfect for Mother's Day (-: Do you train the falcons? Are there competitions? I know almost nothing about contemporary falconry. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments] My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon
Females are larger than males. Female Peregrines are about 30- 32 ozs. Males about 20-22 ozs. Other than size , they look the same. Currently I don't have any. I used to catch my own from the wild and let them go at the end of hunting season. This will be my first captive bred falcon. I'll keep her for life, which could be about 10 years. Ducks are flushed by cussing, yelling, throwing sticks and stones or in my case, I have a young Spinoni that loves to charge a pond and scare the ducks. Usually, if the ducks see a falcon over head, they don't want to go up, so you have to motivate them. If the pond is big enough, they'll just swim to the other side, that's why I have a dog now. She'll go in after them. The Spinoni also points in the field. They falcon will learn quickly to fly above her and watch what she's doing. When the dog goes on point, the falcon will get in position and as the birds flush, will then stoop (dive) and grab one. It'll be a team effort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpgxszcWTU From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Mike, I'm guessing that each falcon has its own personality too. I like the name Nike. Does it fit her personality? A bunch of questions: are the males and females different in other than the obvious ways? Do you have your own falcons that you take to meets? What is their usual life span? How are the ducks flushed out? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Yes, I've trained falcons since the early sixties. This one is being raised in Iowa. I should be getting her around July first. There aren't really any competitions but there are falconry meets all over the country. Texas Hawking association has one every January, usually in Abilene, although this year it was changed to Waco. Falconers gather and go out hunting with their birds. Down here, ducks are the favored quarry for Peregrines. They *wait-on* above a pond about 1,000 to 2,000 feet and then the ducks are flushed and the falcon drops out of the sky, upwards of 200-300 miles an hour and smack the duck. It really is a breath-taking event. Speed and agility at it's finest. I'm thinking of calling this one Nike( goddess of victory and also an anti- aircraft missile), From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Oh my gosh, Mike, so sweet. Thank you so much for posting, perfect for Mother's Day (-: Do you train the falcons? Are there competitions? I know almost nothing about contemporary falconry. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments] My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon
Thanks Mike, I was telling my Dad about this at lunch today. He loves animals. I do too. I really don't like to see an animal in pain. Falconry seems like it could be a beautiful experience especially if one feels in harmony with the surroundings and dogs and falcons, even with the prey. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Females are larger than males. Female Peregrines are about 30- 32 ozs. Males about 20-22 ozs. Other than size , they look the same. Currently I don't have any. I used to catch my own from the wild and let them go at the end of hunting season. This will be my first captive bred falcon. I'll keep her for life, which could be about 10 years. Ducks are flushed by cussing, yelling, throwing sticks and stones or in my case, I have a young Spinoni that loves to charge a pond and scare the ducks. Usually, if the ducks see a falcon over head, they don't want to go up, so you have to motivate them. If the pond is big enough, they'll just swim to the other side, that's why I have a dog now. She'll go in after them. The Spinoni also points in the field. They falcon will learn quickly to fly above her and watch what she's doing. When the dog goes on point, the falcon will get in position and as the birds flush, will then stoop (dive) and grab one. It'll be a team effort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpgxszcWTU From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Mike, I'm guessing that each falcon has its own personality too. I like the name Nike. Does it fit her personality? A bunch of questions: are the males and females different in other than the obvious ways? Do you have your own falcons that you take to meets? What is their usual life span? How are the ducks flushed out? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Yes, I've trained falcons since the early sixties. This one is being raised in Iowa. I should be getting her around July first. There aren't really any competitions but there are falconry meets all over the country. Texas Hawking association has one every January, usually in Abilene, although this year it was changed to Waco. Falconers gather and go out hunting with their birds. Down here, ducks are the favored quarry for Peregrines. They *wait-on* above a pond about 1,000 to 2,000 feet and then the ducks are flushed and the falcon drops out of the sky, upwards of 200-300 miles an hour and smack the duck. It really is a breath-taking event. Speed and agility at it's finest. I'm thinking of calling this one Nike( goddess of victory and also an anti- aircraft missile), From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Oh my gosh, Mike, so sweet. Thank you so much for posting, perfect for Mother's Day (-: Do you train the falcons? Are there competitions? I know almost nothing about contemporary falconry. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments] My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
[FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments]
My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon
Oh my gosh, Mike, so sweet. Thank you so much for posting, perfect for Mother's Day (-: Do you train the falcons? Are there competitions? I know almost nothing about contemporary falconry. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Mike Dixon included below] My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon
Yes, I've trained falcons since the early sixties. This one is being raised in Iowa. I should be getting her around July first. There aren't really any competitions but there are falconry meets all over the country. Texas Hawking association has one every January, usually in Abilene, although this year it was changed to Waco. Falconers gather and go out hunting with their birds. Down here, ducks are the favored quarry for Peregrines. They *wait-on* above a pond about 1,000 to 2,000 feet and then the ducks are flushed and the falcon drops out of the sky, upwards of 200-300 miles an hour and smack the duck. It really is a breath-taking event. Speed and agility at it's finest. I'm thinking of calling this one Nike( goddess of victory and also an anti- aircraft missile), From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon Oh my gosh, Mike, so sweet. Thank you so much for posting, perfect for Mother's Day (-:Do you train the falcons? Are there competitions? I know almost nothing about contemporary falconry. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby pics- new Peregrine Falcon [2 Attachments] My newly hatched Peregrine falcon with mom and pop and baby brother.
