It's the Month of October 2025!
I need to find a new hunting partner for this falconry season!
Just before the beginning of this month it has been unseasonably warm, and the migration seems to be stalled. Then I left home for a vacation in Costa Rica in the middle of October for almost 2 weeks, so probably just best I didn't find anyone. It is almost the end of the month and the quest continues. Here is the journey:
September 26
September 28
September 29
No Relive Video for this one. I was following up on a lead given to me by a fellow hawk-friendly person. A juvie has been spotted/hanging out around the local community agriculture headquarters. I'll go check it out.
I found a bird . . . BUT . . .
Right SIZE!! BIG!! Wrong Age!! Adult - let it go!
I called the person who had given me the lead and she assured me there was a juvie there. I kept looking, and sure enough, there was another bird. Once I got the angle on it, it came to the trap pretty quick too.
Right Age, but still not the size I would like. Let it go too!
October 28
All typical male-sized hawks.
October 29
Found early in the day, and chased a bit, but still not a female-sized bird.
Sidney is a most excellent bird trainer (has worked for several large raptor centers) that is currently working for Fox for awhile. She has decided to get into falconry. I'm not sponsoring her, but I welcome her coming along and helping me, and learning how to trap a bird for falconry. She took both birds off the trap today.
Let the "dinky" boy go!
Another small boy found a little later. This guy had a single red tail feather, and also did not have his full 12. He must have had some yanked out early. The first set from their nest days are always brown striped. The next set will be red, usually at the first molt, in their following summer. But if it gets pulled before its time, it will come in red.
Thanks for your help today Sidney!
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