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Check out this nesting falcon!!!

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  • Feb 1, 2016 at 8:32 am #3379436
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

     

     

    nesting falcon

    Feb 1, 2016 at 8:53 am #3379443
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    I bit. :)

    Feb 1, 2016 at 9:07 am #3379449
    Ben C
    BPL Member

    @alexdrewreed

    Locale: Kentucky

    Trying to one-up Kat and her big cats?

    Feb 1, 2016 at 11:11 am #3379478
    D M
    BPL Member

    @farwalker

    Locale: What, ME worry?

    That’s why we took the keys away from Granny…..

    Feb 1, 2016 at 3:02 pm #3379530
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    .

    Feb 1, 2016 at 5:56 pm #3379565
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    it’s okay ken

    – E.E. Cummings –

    Feb 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm #3379602
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    .

    Feb 2, 2016 at 8:26 am #3379640
    Dean F.
    BPL Member

    @acrosome

    Locale: Back in the Front Range

    Nice! You should make that your avatar.

    Feb 2, 2016 at 8:51 am #3379648
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    Replace the only true avatar on BPL with a lower case falcon?

    As a young man I made a good living rehabilitating those poor falcons.

    Feb 3, 2016 at 2:46 am #3379837
    Dave Grey
    BPL Member

    @dapperdave

    Nice one Nick, if 2 whole months early :)

    Dave

    Feb 3, 2016 at 7:18 am #3379853
    Jennifer Mitol
    BPL Member

    @jenmitol

    Locale: In my dreams....

    those are so rare to actually see in their real habitat!  Nice catch, Nick!

    Feb 3, 2016 at 8:18 am #3379862
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    I didn’t take the picture. I was a cadet at the US Air Force Academy and our mascot was a falcon. Some of my classmates email great pictures of falcons occasionally and this is the first of this particular species.

    During football games at home, the falcon handlers often were the halftime show. It was amazing to watch the falcons soar high over the stadium and then dive to catch the bait provided by the handlers.

    We cadets were resourceful and mischievous, especially during football season. We stole Army’s mule and the Naval Academy’s goat, Bill. The coolest prank, I think in 1969, was when we went up to Colorado University and stole their mascot, Ralphie. Ralphie was a buffalo and destroyed the first horse trailer, so we had to commandeer a larger trailer and bring him to Colorado Springs. We gave the buffalo back at halftime. The newspapers had a field day… You see, Ralphie was actually a female and when they brought her back to CU, she was examined by a vet. She was okay, and they also found out she was pregnant. Being an all male school, we got blamed for that :)

    Feb 3, 2016 at 10:06 am #3379886
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Nick, I can’t believe that you Zoomies actually stole Ralphie. Navy’s billy goat I can understand, and Army’s mule (sort of), but a full-grown bison? It would be a bit hard for Army and Navy to get even with you guys. I mean, how easy can it be to capture a falcon when it doesn’t want to be captured?

    It was nice of you to give Ralphie back to CU. If CSU stole her, they would probably have had a campus BBQ.

    Feb 3, 2016 at 10:39 am #3379890
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    Gary, I checked it out. It was 1970.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralphie_the_Buffalo

     

    Feb 3, 2016 at 11:35 am #3379898
    Paul Magnanti
    BPL Member

    @paulmags

    Locale: Colorado Plateau

    When I was in my late-teens/early 20s (pre-backpacking), I used to herd a wild Mustang.

    The Mustang was similar to Nick’s Falcon in that it was composed of metal.

    During my Mustang herding days, I was called “Paulie” by relatives and friends (they still do when I visit back East), had a leather jacket and, god help me, a gold chain.

    There are no photos documenting this Mustang herding. I plan to keep it that way…

     

     

     

    Feb 22, 2016 at 11:32 pm #3383934
    Backpack Jack
    BPL Member

    @jumpbackjack

    Locale: Armpit of California

    Wow, I’ve heard of these, the Red Tail (light) white speckled tree Falcon.

     

    Very rare indeed, 1st one I’ve ever seen though.

     

    Jack

    Oct 17, 2017 at 1:13 am #3497191
    Mike B
    BPL Member

    @highwarlok

    Locale: Colorado

    Where are the other 2?

    Usually those hang out as trio’s………….

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