Ok, I'm going to do my best to blog the training and hunting with my new bird. I was lucky enough to trap a tiercel passage peregrine in Maryland. For the first time since 1970 the USFWS allowed the capture of 36 passage peregrines for falconry this year.Florida did not get their rules in place in time to participate this season so I was left with applying for non-resident take in one of the state that were participating. I applied to 5 different states and was only selected by Maryland. So, it was off to Maryland.
Diana and I drove the 15 hours all through the night to get there first thing in the morning to trap. And we were lucky enough to find a tiercel that came down to a ring-necked dove in a noose harness.
Doc was trapped at 500g on Oct 11th. He ate on the glove the first night back at the hotel in a dimly lit room.
He was hoping to the glove on the 17th and made his first flights outside 20' yesterday.
1 comment:
Congratulations on the young peregrine!
He seems pretty mild mannered to eat off the first the FIRST NIGHT!
Again, Congrats and keep us posted on his progress.
-Josh
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