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Matt Do they ever fly off with a chunk to eat at a more leisurely pace? How many times per day do they need to hork?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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Great pics. Beautiful bird.
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Great photos! on a side note to you hear that the Air Force Academy's mascot falcon Aurora died this week. She was 23. The longest life of any of their mascot falcons.
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hey Mike, she's eating about 80grams a day. When she tanks up at a kill she eats about 200grams and it takes her about 48-72 hours to get back down to flying weight again after.
Most of the rodents she catches are in the 50-150g range and she swallows them hole. Sometimes that means we're done for the day and sometimes she's willing to keep hunting.
The other question you asked refers to what's known as "carrying" , which the bigger hawks generally don't do as their prey is too big to fly off with. This is a big problem / vice with birds like kestrels, merlins, and cooper's hawks / sharp shinned hawks that catch smaller prey
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That's BA!
Thanks again for sharing
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I didn't know you were posting these again, thanks for sharing!!
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Beautiful bird. We have a resident Cooper’s hawk in my neighborhood. Watching the interactions between crows and the hawk are interesting. The crows harass the h... out of him. Sometimes he catches one, and it’s goodby you crazy crow!
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Love these threads!
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Great Falconry Friday is back!!! Thanks for sharing the info and pics. PS- Nate Romanowski approves
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Great photos! on a side note to you hear that the Air Force Academy's mascot falcon Aurora died this week. She was 23. The longest life of any of their mascot falcons. the (wild) red tail we have a nest cam on at Cornell is 17 and still breeding. Pale male is also a wild RT in NY and is still breeding at 28 YO. (both birds are banded) no one holds a candle to Wisdom the albatross on Midway atoll, who is still breeding at 68 YO (at least -- she was banded as an adult --at least 5 YO -- in 1956!
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Horking good stuff! Thanks for posting!
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Simply beautiful. Thank you.
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Birds of prey are feathered versions of Nate Romanowski!
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Falconry Friday is back and awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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I think all raptors have huge mouths. Once watched a golden eagle choke down an entire Canada Goose wing feathers and all. This one just heard a good one-liner. Cookie and I were watching this guy one day when he latched onto a huge vole. Thinking we had chance to watch him work it up, we were surprised when it tossed it in the air and it was down the hatch in about 2 seconds. How they pass such morsels through such pencil thin necks is beyond me.
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Great pictures and information as always, thanks!
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