Some of my babies

[Falcon]

I hope this works

The closer one is Prince (M) and the further one is Nova (F) (sorry this couldn't come out any smaller)



Here's Leslie (F), an unusual-colored gyrfalcon



Marco (M), the overweight and overspoiled Harris hawk



Myrl (F), my oldest companion Kestrel



Enjoy

[basketbagley]

Falcon,

Sorry, the pics didn't come up for me. Maybe you could try re-sizing them 1st?

I look forward to seeing them! Can anyone else see them?

[TooLover]

They are all beautiful! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

[Monica]

How gorgeous! ESPECIALLY the gyr falcon! They have got to be my favorite falcon of them all! I haven't seen one in person, though from previous research, I realise that the further south a gyr falcon is, the more it is grey in color, and the further north a gyr falcon is the more white it is (i.e. depending on where one lives depends on the total amount of grey on its body) so I don't really see how this one is unusually colored!

[Falcon]

That's why I consider it unusual, I live in Arizona, and gotten her as an eyass in Colorado. The coloring there is one you might find in Alaska.

[Monica]

I take it then that she was captive bred??? If so then maybe she was from birds that were living farther south??? That would be my guess...

[basketbagley]

The thread takes forever to come up, then I get question mark squares????? I want to see toooo!!!!!!!

[Falcon]

No, she wasn't captive bred. After I had gotten my general license for falconry, I scouted for a nest up in colorado for gyrfalcons. The game and fish department pointed me in the direction of one that was seen earlier. I found it and waited for about five days, carefully placing mirrors in nearby trees to get a better look at the eyasses. Both parents were a dark coloring. After the babies were old enough I slowly climbed the tree and scooped up a baby. I didn't expect to find out that two years later she would have a plumage like that. Don't get me wrong, the coloring it beautiful, but it does make me wonder about the parents genetics. Marco was taken from the wild as a juvinal by using a bal-chatri. Myrl was a rescue at the facility, who was the only survivor in a nest who's tree was chopped down. She was about two weeks when she came in and is my closest aviary friend.

[Lynjupiter]

wow I am in love with that gyrflacon. What an awesome bird.
Lynda

[Monica]

I don't know much about falconry (hardly any, really), though that's quite interesting, neverthless! It is one thing for sure that would be nice to learn more about!