Hawking For Rabbits With A Goshawk.

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Hawking For Rabbits With A Goshawk.; (advise caution if dont like hunting)
Topic Started: Oct 21 2007, 08:50 PM (299 Views)
BorderDawn	Oct 21 2007, 08:50 PM Post #1
Moderator Posts: 1,900 Group: Moderators Member #36 Joined: January 12, 2005	These were taken by my friend and are posted with his permission. They are a female Goshawk catching rabbits, using a Brittany Spaniel to work the cover. Thought some of the hunting/working enthusiasts would like to see them. Dawn. Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image



RJL	Oct 21 2007, 09:00 PM Post #2
Chatterbox Posts: 1,382 Group: Full Members Member #179 Joined: January 25, 2006	:yay: Dawn, they are amazing! People spend years buiding up to the day they can train a Gos and you manage to get one to pose for its photo :P Lovely to see a pic of a Brittany too - out of rehab and in gainful employment!!!



BorderDawn	Oct 21 2007, 09:04 PM Post #3
Moderator Posts: 1,900 Group: Moderators Member #36 Joined: January 12, 2005	Not my pics RJL, but I agree they are superb, they were taken by a friend of mine, he was out hawking with them.



ClaireS	Oct 21 2007, 09:17 PM Post #4
Moderator Posts: 10,446 Group: Moderators Member #113 Joined: September 8, 2005	The photography is stunning! How wonderful to see the bird doing what it should, a neighbour of mine had a bird of prey but I'm not sure if he ever took it out. Watching a staged display at a bird centre can't have anything on watching them do it for real. Thanks for sharing!



Tafia	Oct 22 2007, 12:16 AM Post #5
Total Gas Bag! Posts: 5,819 Group: Full Members Member #134 Joined: November 17, 2005	Fantastic shots (especially the third one) - a beautiful looking bird as well.



zandd	Oct 22 2007, 08:35 AM Post #6
Moderator Posts: 22,625 Group: Moderators Member #48 Joined: February 5, 2005	Absolutely amazing photography - and great to see a Britanny in it's rightful role.



Lu20	Oct 22 2007, 09:06 AM Post #7
Total Gas Bag! Posts: 4,189 Group: Full Members Member #423 Joined: March 9, 2007	These are amazing pictures and I have no problem looking at them - a most natural thing. I get quite choked at the amount of 'road kill I see, The other day a Cock Pheasant had been killed and was laying in the road with two Hen Pheasants standing over - :cry:



PaulaK	Oct 22 2007, 10:06 AM Post #8
Moderator Posts: 7,828 Group: Moderators Member #110 Joined: August 26, 2005	Amazing photos. I once went hawking and it was brillient.



Halfpint1775	Oct 22 2007, 01:46 PM Post #9
Chatterbox Posts: 1,547 Group: Full Members Member #284 Joined: August 21, 2006	Absolutely brilliant pics - love to see Nature in action like that :)



BorderDawn	Oct 22 2007, 02:47 PM Post #10
Moderator Posts: 1,900 Group: Moderators Member #36 Joined: January 12, 2005	Thanks, she is a pretty birdie! :D



jakeysmum	Oct 24 2007, 09:20 PM Post #11
One of the regulars Posts: 110 Group: Full Members Member #380 Joined: December 22, 2006	What amazing pictures x



BorderDawn	Oct 24 2007, 10:00 PM Post #12
Moderator Posts: 1,900 Group: Moderators Member #36 Joined: January 12, 2005	Thanks all, Ill pass on your nice comments. :ok:



jakeysmum	Oct 24 2007, 11:12 PM Post #13
One of the regulars Posts: 110 Group: Full Members Member #380 Joined: December 22, 2006	When I was a little girl I wanted a hawk. My grandad is a 'canary man' and I used to trawl his cage and aviary birds for adverts dreaming of the day I would have one. Lost count of the number of times I read Kes. Sadly I never did get one, you can tell your friend his pics have made my night x



BorderDawn	Oct 25 2007, 03:45 PM Post #14
Moderator Posts: 1,900 Group: Moderators Member #36 Joined: January 12, 2005	Thanks Jakeysmum, I will do. :ok:



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