Well, I did finally get a go-pro (hero4)- but man, there's going to be a learning curve there! video is way more edit-intensive than photo. Hopefully I've have it figured out by next week.

Anyhoo, one our other "projects" this year is to try to add a Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) to the fam.

They're the largest and fastest of the N.A. hawks, with the biggest females approaching the size of a male eagle. wingspan up to 5.5 feet, 2kg in weight.

In fact, their classification is somewhat in dispute --- are they a hawk, hawk-eagle, or eagle?

Many falconers believe they should rightly be classified as a booted eagle but right now they're a hawk so you don't have to be a Master falconer to have one on permit. wink

I helped a friend take an eyas from a nest in July, but I didn't have my ducks in a row back then to take one too, so I'll have to actually trap one the hard way (have about six located, will let you know!)

here's the one we got earlier:

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