Here are some photos of Dakota and of some of her hunting successes. "Passage" Peregrine, for all intents and purposes. Capable of all upland game birds and waterfowl.

Young, yet Seasoned Falconer

Davis, my 8 year old brother, has no fear and just dives right in, helping Dad fly the big Gyrfalcon last Fall.

Winter Hawking Convoy

Not even Mother Nature can stop us "sick" Falconers from getting out to where the Mighty Sage Grouse winters!

Sage Grouse Hawking in Style

Had a nice Sage Grouse Hawking Trip to the deserts of Idaho for a few days with Gon Sanchez and his boys and me and my boys and Hubert Quade for a couple of the days. Killed some Grouse in nice style and had a ball being out where nobody hawks Grouse without the transportation we have! It was very nice. Grouse were abundant and in good shape, as usual, but The Gyr killed one and Dakota, the Peregrine did too. Hub's Gyr killed and so did his Passage Tundra Peregrine, (beach bird). Great Trip!

Gyrfalcon Slamming Cock Sagegrouse

Verdugo's Last Flight

Dad went out to fly Verdugo today and Verdugo got killed by an eagle! He was up about 2,500 feet and he had remounted 3 times. And all of a sudden a black dot came out of the clouds, grabbed him and took off with him to the mountains. Bummer!!! he has been flying so well this year. I was really exited to hunt with him!

Falconry season has started!

Falconry season has finally started! We have been flying Verdugo. He's flying really high. We took him out earlier today and flew him and he went up about 2500 feet. But an eagle flew past him and he came down very quickly. He has had bad experiences with eagles so he is eagle wise. :) But we are very happy with how he is flying. Hopefully he will kill grouse this year.

We are getting ready to start flying Rush. She hasn't finished her molt yet but she is almost done.

I'm not sure what we are doing with Dakota yet. We will probably start flying her soon.