This is a historical video from the 60s. Prior to telemetry. It features some of the biggest names in modern falconry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8RBKNKS_ls&sns=fb
This is to inform folks about the major contributions that falconers have made to restore the peregrine falcon. Falconers donated birds, expertise, time, and finances to save the peregrine from the brink of extinction.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
45 Years of Peregrine Banding Studies
This is a research operation started financed and managed primarily by FALCONERS.
http://www.earthspan.org/fall-peregrine-surveys-complete/
http://www.earthspan.org/fall-peregrine-surveys-complete/
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Amur falcons become protected through education
Education of the residents about the value of these beautiful falcons has stopped relentless hunting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/asia/falcon-hunters-become-fervent-preservationists-.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/asia/falcon-hunters-become-fervent-preservationists-.html?_r=1