I have found a mysterious nest made mostly of lengths of various kinds of wire, with some sticks and cholla joints woven in...
Some curious caterpillars...
Can anyone identify it? Is it a Dysschema howardi? I saw some of those there recently...
And the girls are regaining their girlish figures as they begin to hunt. Puppy and other dog pics soon-- these courtesy of Jutta, visiting from Germany.
I am also starting a new book project-- more when I know more.
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That nest is incredible. If you happen to head out that way again, would you feel like maybe taking a close up of it???
We always find tiny nests made out of horse hair. Mom keeps them in her china cabinet in the dining room. I'm going to take a picture of them for you!
Ravens?
Heidi, I will-- but I'll also send a closer one I have already taken.
Paul-- Ravens or Swainson's hawks, leaning toward the second I think.
Heidi-- i have lost (?) your email!
Hi Steve,
Might it possibly be a Ferruginous nest? Size wise it seems a bit small but construction wise it seems to fit with the inclusion of the barb wire etc.
Glad to see you are getting out and about. Hi Libby!
John
Good thought, John. I have seen them there in winter but not summer-- but then, I haven't been right THERE in summer. Must look next year. They would certainly be more able to repel predators than the other two.
I think that it started to be a nest of the Gila arboreal hyena, but for some reason the female abandoned it before it was finished.
As a newcomer to this blog, I have to say you have asolutely beautiful salukis! Would they by any means be imports from the Middle East and not western-bred? I own one such import myself and could not help but to notice some similarity. In any case, they really are a beauty to behold, and it is good to see salukis used in their original purpose (i.e. hunting).
Annu-- you have a good eye. They are the Kazakh 'tazi' variant of saluki. The brindle is from Kazakh parents in Ukraine, and we brought back the red from Almaty in Kazakhstan. We also have an Almaty male and have kept one pup from each female. Yu can see more pics in the blog archives-- or send me your email and I'll send you some.
They never stoppped hunting with them in Central Asia, and we continue the tradition.
Steve Your Tazi's look stunning epsecially the brindle (a colour denied to us by the UK Kennel Club and I am also always pleased to see Saluki's/Tazi's living in natural fashion for them ie hunting and not stuck on leads in towns and paraded arounds show like china ornamants.
Annu
Where does your Saluki(s) originate from? I'd love to here more.
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