Showing posts with label hawks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hawks. Show all posts
Friday, November 09, 2018

The Benefits and Limits of Artifice

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A repost from March 2007 Upon first inspection, the above picture seems absurd: an African Martial Hawk named "Zulu" flying ...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2018

A Hawk-Eye View of Your Farms

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It's a useful thing to have an aerial map of the farms you work, especially when talking with a farmer about his property or ad...
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Friday, July 25, 2014

Vultures Are Vomiters, Not Raptors

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For years, it was believed that all vultures were raptors, members of the order Falconiformes . In 1994, however , it was discovered ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

A Battle of Peregrine vs. Starling

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Guess who wins? .
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Coolest Man in the World Has Throat Cancer

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Over at the Querencia blog , Steve Bodio mourns that his mongolian friend, Aralbai, who was deemed to be "the coolest man in the worl...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Christmas Bird Count Illuminates an Old Fable

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The National Audubon Society is in the midst of its annual "Christmas Bird Count,"  which is mostly an unscientific "bir...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Go-to-Ground Lurcher and Hawk

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A nice little video from T.S. Wright showing Cog, the Hybrid Falcon, and Loki the Lurcher digging a Jackrabbit out of a hole after a long...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

California Para- Hawking Video

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Source: Litetouch films I am sure there is something more awesome than this , but I could not find it today. Maybe tomorrow. This flig...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How Fast is a Peregrine Falcon's Dive?

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Real measurement. .
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

It Takes More Than Money to Get a Falcon

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This amusing ad is now on local TV , but I am going to use it as an instruction piece too. You see, you can't actually own a falcon ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

And Then God Came Down Like an Eagle

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From The Vancouver Sun comes this real-life story about a poodle and a Golden Eagle and a little divine intervention : She's a vagab...
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

This is Why Goshawks Thrive in Forest

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You want Ninja? Nothing is more Ninja that a Goshawk!  Hat tip to Teddy M. for sending this! .
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Maryland Goshawks

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Watch the full episode . See more Outdoors Maryland. This is a nice little video , which I have seen on TV in the past, but could not fin...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

A Wild Caught "Goopers" Hawk?

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Is this a hybrid "Goopers" Hawk, or just an older, western-range Gos Hawk? A Gooper's Hawk? What's a Goopers Hawk? ...
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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Harris Hawk X Golden Eagle

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Harris Hawk X Golden Eagle in midflight.  Click to enlarge. As I noted a while back in a post about species loss , a good case can be m...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Eye in the Sky

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Peale's tiercel wearing camera way up over Jackson Valley (WY) from Jason Jones . Video captioned as: This is a short video clip from ...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Fly With A Peregrine Falcon And A Goshawk

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The Goshawk footage is particularly good because, of course, all birds share this perspective as they zip through the trees. Remember, as f...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

The Battle Between Fur and Feather

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"Maladaptive". It's one of my favorite words , as it explains why most predators are so cautious in the wild, and why so many ...
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Monday, March 08, 2010

One Tough Old Bird

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In the picture above , taken last Thursday, Florida Bald Eagle No. 512 is released back into the wild after being rescued and rehabilitated ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Birds Eye View from Hawks, Falcons & Eagles

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