Itself just shy of 60mm, and all the while the voice of Simon Thomsett echoes Mindful of the enormous foot mass, the powerful muscles in the legs, the grip, Suppress even the slightest movement or twitch.Įventually, satisfied that the people were no threat and there were no large dogs around, the inquisitive side took over, and the eagle descended to the trap and was
#Pygmy falcon lifespan full
We sat in full view of her - completely hyped on adrenaline but simultaneously having to Sitting at a table on the porch, Mark and I were side by side, me with binoculars and Mark with camera in hand. This eagle, not 20 meters away, being reticent around the trap and perching a few meters above it, and cautiously checking all around for the presence of dogs, and people. When its too windy for hawking its time to test our height estimates with this B2 windriderĪ pygmy falcon recovering from a serious eye infectionĪfter a heart-stopping half hour of watching *image from video* the peregrine bringing its quarry to ground amongst white-faced ducks and red-billed teal *image from video* the gyr-peregrine closing in on a yellow-bill in style Lizette having bragging rights on bagging the first orange-river of the meetĪ caste of peregrines and a gyr-peregrine on the screen perches for the night *image from video* : very close to orange-river francolin, but it dumped and escaped *image from video* : nice stoop for the first flight of the season Bertus! Weathering at field meet base, somewhere northwest of Dewetsdorp.įrom left to right :, Ross Kramm, klein Francois, Bruce Padbury, Alan Harvey, Francois Breedt So I wont bore you with words, its photos you need. Opportunity to participate and contribute to the meet by being an impromptu Whom have their life revolve around the timing of their hawks, their quarry, Group of falconers who share that insatiable passion for birds of prey each of But in any case it was superb being amongst a Time and will sadly be missing the spit-braai this weekend. Unfortunately, with my project commitments I was unable to spare more Now though, having just returned from three days at theįree State Falconry field meet, something to write home about. Last summer’s nests have been located and incorporated into the study dataset. And in the meantime two more youngsters from Juvenile with such ease as the first, but will continue to try. Recently we have failed to capture another I have been thoroughly encouragedīy the wide audience that viewed the blog, so thank you all. I am finding it hard pressed to come up with a post as greatĪs the latest Crowned Eagle research update.
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