Falconry Friday! Game on the ground!

November 18, 2016  •  Leave a Comment

Well, it's been a hectic few weeks and we still don't have the falcon mobile back from the body shop yet.  

We do have all three birds back in the air though - and all three are catching game now.  As we've discussed before, their time on the ground is their most vulnerable and the falconer has two jobs here:  help wrangle the prey if need be and protect them from other predators while they eat.

Let's start with Lily's first pheasant of the year as I know this is what many of you have been waiting for all along....

 

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The HAHAs have a little game too -- they just usually wind up upside down or inside out when it's all over....

 

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