HI ALL, AS YOU KOW I'M WORKING AT CURRY HAMMOCK STATE PARK HERE AT GRASSY KEY. THE CATCH THE BIRDS AND BAND THEM,THEY ALSO BRING THEBIRDS OVER AS PART OF THE RAPTOR EDUCATION. SO TODAY THE BROUGHT OVER A PERIGRINE FALCON,JAN AKED IF I WANTED TO HOLD IT WHILE SHE TOLD VISITORS ABOUT IT. THE BIRDS ARE CAUGHTIN A NET,BANDED THEN USUALLY RELEASED, THEY PUT THEM IN A CAN HEAD FIRST,THE SLIDE THEM OUT HOLDING DOWN THE WINGS AND VERY SHARP TALONS,THE EYES ARE SO VERY BIG COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE REST OF THE BIRD. AMAZING, SO I TOOK IT FROM JAN..WHO HAD REMOVED HER FROM THE CAN. SHE ( THE FALCON ) WAS A BIT STRESSY,BUT PT UP WITH BEING EXHIBITED,THE I THREW HER UPTO THE SKY AND SHE FLEW AWAY..NO....NO GLOVE OR ANY PROTECTION..IT WAS AWESOME. JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THIS INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE WITH YOU ALL. WE HAVE AMERICAN KESTRALS MERINS PERGRINES IN THE HAWK FAMILY WE HAVE BROAD TAILED HAWK SHORTSHINNED HAWK RED TAILED HAWK COOPERS HAWK RED SHOULDERED HAWK ( RARE ) THEY SAW OUR VEIWING AREA FOR THE FALCONS IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WE'RE GETTING QUITE A BIT OF NOTERITY ON THIS EVENT OF BANDING, COUNTING AND THE ENTIRE MIGRATION PROCESS. LEE IN THE KEYS ------------------------------ Sent from my PocketMail Handheld http://www.pocketmail.com
Lee, Sounds great. I'd love to have held a Peregrine Falcon. We went to Hawk Mtn in PA a few years ago and learned that this bird dive bombs from above at incredible spead and curls his feet into like fists and hits his prey on the back of the neck, breaking it and killing the bird on the wing. He is so fast that he can fly down below the bird he killed and catch it as it falls. I was amazed. Speaking of hawks. We have a redshouldered hawk in the neighborhood. He thinks my bird and squirrel feeders are his breakfast and supper table. I am missing several of my squirrels. He has already gotten one of our chipmunks. Saw him flying away with him. I wish he'd leave. I feel guilty feeding the birds thinking he might eat one. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: [NJ-Memories] thrilling experience > HI ALL, > AS YOU KOW I'M WORKING AT CURRY HAMMOCK STATE PARK HERE AT GRASSY KEY. > THE CATCH THE BIRDS AND BAND THEM,THEY ALSO BRING THEBIRDS OVER AS PART OF THE RAPTOR EDUCATION. SO TODAY THE BROUGHT OVER A PERIGRINE FALCON,JAN AKED IF I WANTED TO HOLD IT WHILE SHE TOLD VISITORS ABOUT IT. THE BIRDS ARE CAUGHTIN A NET,BANDED THEN USUALLY RELEASED, THEY PUT THEM IN A CAN HEAD FIRST,THE SLIDE THEM OUT HOLDING DOWN THE WINGS AND VERY SHARP TALONS,THE EYES ARE SO VERY BIG COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE REST OF THE BIRD. AMAZING, SO I TOOK IT FROM JAN..WHO HAD REMOVED HER FROM THE CAN. > SHE ( THE FALCON ) WAS A BIT STRESSY,BUT PT UP WITH BEING EXHIBITED,THE I THREW HER UPTO THE SKY AND SHE FLEW AWAY..NO....NO GLOVE OR ANY PROTECTION..IT WAS AWESOME. > JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THIS INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE WITH YOU ALL. > WE HAVE > AMERICAN KESTRALS > MERINS > PERGRINES > IN THE HAWK FAMILY WE HAVE > BROAD TAILED HAWK > SHORTSHINNED HAWK > RED TAILED HAWK > COOPERS HAWK > RED SHOULDERED HAWK ( RARE ) > > THEY SAW OUR VEIWING AREA FOR THE FALCONS IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WE'RE GETTING QUITE A BIT OF NOTERITY ON THIS EVENT OF BANDING, COUNTING AND THE ENTIRE MIGRATION PROCESS. > > LEE IN THE KEYS > > ------------------------------ > Sent from my PocketMail Handheld > http://www.pocketmail.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >