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MattL
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Initially Posted - 04/13/2005 :  15:53:02  Show Profile
Hi Jon G
The school where I teach is having an assembly today with a couple of Falconers, very cool. They have a harris hawk, an eagle owl (I think I got the name right it is related to the horned owl) and a Falcon. They have a good speal and then let the hawk fly over the kids heads. I have never seen the junior high student this attentive at an assembly before.
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John G-
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Response Posted - 04/13/2005 :  21:23:15  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
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Raptors certainly get my attention. Many moons ago I lived in northern California and rowed white water boats on the Stanslaus, Trinity and Rogue rivers. I first started to get into conservation then because of the Osprey and the harm that DDT was doing to them. Good work has brought them back in California and in [url="http://www.obmc.com/once%20in%20the%20harbor.htm"]Oyster Bay[/url] where they fish over my boat for hours at a time.
The Peregrine is a favorite of mine because it is coming back in the cities by living on the high ledges and feasting on pigeons. Being a city rat, that makes my day.
Sounds like you had a good day in school.
Click on the Peregrine icon below.

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ddlyle
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Response Posted - 04/13/2005 :  22:05:05  Show Profile  Visit ddlyle's Homepage
One day while sailing I saw a bald eagle chasing another bird (I forget what it was.) The other bird had a fish in its claws.
Their flight looked like a real Snoopy and Red Baron dogfight.
The other bird dropped its fish and the eagle swooped down and got it (the fish) and took off. He might have caught it in mid air, but I know he got it quickly.
The other bird tried to give chase but soon gave up.
I like what John said about the pigeons.

Isn't it a bunch of fun to see kids excited about learning!!!!!
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 04/13/2005 :  22:13:13  Show Profile
When I was in highschool I got to work for a summer in at the Raptor Trust, a sanctuary for injurred birds and a rehab for those that could be released. Truly awesome creatures.
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Response Posted - 04/13/2005 :  23:13:09  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
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Check out the [url="http://refuges.fws.gov/profiles/index.cfm?id=52563"]Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge.[/url] There is a lot of good work going on in [url="http://www.obmc.com/once%20in%20the%20harbor.htm"]Oyster Bay[/url].
Conservation is essential to all of our sailing adventures.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 04/14/2005 :  10:34:26  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
John,

Up until a few years ago we had no, or extremely few, hunting birds in our area in Northern Michigan. Now we see bald eagles all the time. It is most gratifying to see them in sibling pairs - a sure sign that the population is expanding.

By the way. I have a friend who has also named his boat "Peregrine". It's a Nonsuch 30. Super sweet boat. He is 74 and, until this year has spent 30-60 days a year sailing alone on Lake Superior. He is now having trouble getting his all-chain road in and handling that big cat-rig sail by himself. He's now asking for volunteers to crew for him. It would be a great learning experience for someone. He's got to be one of the most knowledgable sailors on the Great Lakes.

Anyway, thought you'd like to know.

Al
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MattL
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Response Posted - 04/14/2005 :  15:49:24  Show Profile
The couple that put the show on did a great job. Unfortunatly we were on a minimum day schedule so they only had 30 minutes to present. A longer time would have been much better. The kids really loved it when the hawk was flying inches, sometimes less, over their heads. Our student govt. advisor was talking to them about doing a longer show some time. They were dressed in medivel cloths and said that their longer presentation includes different aspect of historical life, not just the falconary. Another teacher and I put together a trebuchet years ago and used that for a joint science history lesson. I need to make another big on and do that again too.
As said above seeing the kids learn something is great.
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Gambit
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Response Posted - 05/20/2005 :  14:31:08  Show Profile
John, if you like the peregrine you will want to check out this linK:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/492/2017/2033&pq-locale=en_US

It is from the main office of Kodak tower in Rochester, NY. My office is in view from Camera 3 at the local public broadcasting facility.

People line up down on the street to try to see the chicks when they take their first flight. There are a couple chicks in there now.

There is a consistent nesting pair that raises chicks each spring before moving on in the late summer or fall.
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