Peregrine falcon

[WeaselMender]

Excelent pic. My wifes desire when we become rich and famous is to have enough land to erect a proper mews and start into raptor rehab.

Weasel :ootd:

[skauwt]

well folks as promised i got some images of the young peregrine falcon practicing its flying dive if i had a better view point id take avideo but i dont think that would look well if folk saw me from the neighboring flats

im some ways im disappointed with these pics but in other ways im over joyed with them the birds going so fast i guess im lucky to get clear photos at all though im sorry for the size of these pics but you need to see the scale to understand the image more i reckon

anyways enjoy " a wee peek at`a coatbrigg burdie"

[Colonel MacNeal]

Need Falcons in Malta

I recently read there are no longer any Maltese Falcons because they left during the heavy German bombing during WWII, and never returned.

Great falcon pics.

Cheers, ColMac

[Alan H]

Ther's a pair or red-shouldered hawks nesting near my training area. As you might know, they're noisy, NOISY!!! It's so much fun to hear them yakking at each other, and see them hunting in the nearby fields.

[dfmacliam]

I use to see them nesting on the high rise buildings in and around Dallas. I am living( for the most part) southwest of the metroplex, and this area seems to be a winter nesting area for a variety of hawks.. I especially enjoy watching the Kestrals working the areas by the railroad tracks... And on a lake not far, Eagles have been nesting there... That's my love.... Watching the birds of prey, in their natural enviroment..
A good friend, has talked about another friend of ours, who runs a wildlife rehab, hunts blackbirds with hawks.. lol he was telling me about driving down dirt road with the hawk in the cab of the truck... When they spotted the crows... The hawk was ready to go.. and took off right out the window... They hunt them to feed the rehab birds..

When I win the lottery, and become filthy rich, I wish to become a falconer.. And hunt with a pair of birds... wishful thinking maybe... But still nice to think about.

[ForresterModern]

There has been a program in many US cities over the last 15 years or so to introduce mating pairs of falcons into major city centers as a way of controlling----believe it or not----pigeon populations, with some success. There were several mating pairs introduced in cincinnati years ago when I lived there, and it was not unsual to see them around the public parks downtown on quiet mornings or in foul weather.

[Chas]

There has been a program in many US cities over the last 15 years or so to introduce mating pairs of falcons into major city centers as a way of controlling----believe it or not----pigeon populations, with some success. There were several mating pairs introduced in cincinnati years ago when I lived there, and it was not unsual to see them around the public parks downtown on quiet mornings or in foul weather.

There have been a couple of experiments here in the UK. The birds of prey (don't know which type) tend to nest on the outskirts and 'pop into town' for a bite to eat every day. I know both Bath and Bristol now have resident bird of prey populations. It seems that there has been some success.

Regards

Chas

[Highlander31]

It's always good to see those birds in an urban environment. When I lived in San Jose, California. We lived in an area known as Blossom Valley. The foothills were only a couple of blocks away. Our neighborhood was part of hunting area for a pair of falcons. We were lucky enough to video tape a falcon taking a mourning dove from our back yard.

[cessna152towser]

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[cessna152towser]

Excellent shots. Peregrine falcons are sometimes seen here in the Scottish Borders but are not easy to photograph.