tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1798649835931756373..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Passage PeregrinesSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-44237425763728794202008-12-19T07:45:00.000-08:002008-12-19T07:45:00.000-08:00Dan O'Brien's books were my first introduction to ...Dan O'Brien's books were my first introduction to falconry. They're beautifully written and really got me to understand what the relationship might be like between a falconer and a bird.<BR/><BR/>Rachel DickinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-70646577351059878902008-12-17T17:40:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:40:00.000-08:00I heartily second the endorsements of Dan's writin...I heartily second the endorsements of Dan's writing—Steve's, too. We might also point Ken toward some accounts of coursing with cheetahs. Others here probably know that literature better, but the Craighead brothers' <I>Life With an Indian Prince</I> (Archives of Falconry edition) springs to mind. Also David Quammen's essay "The Beautiful and Damned" in <I>The Flight of the Iguana</I>.Mark Churchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953322913824828711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-75238680703507199282008-12-17T08:30:00.000-08:002008-12-17T08:30:00.000-08:00Mike, I admire O'Brien's writing ("Equinox" was al...Mike, I admire O'Brien's writing ("Equinox" was also enjoyable) for its quality, and also the fact that he is among few falconers (Steve being another one) whose writing on the sport has reached a wide, general audience.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-55622983283330993192008-12-17T08:16:00.000-08:002008-12-17T08:16:00.000-08:00Ken: email me at "ebodio at gilanet dot com" for m...Ken: email me at "ebodio at gilanet dot com" for more thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Passagers are better mannered and better hunters but wary. As Libby says they know how to be birds.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-71072737807513412372008-12-17T07:40:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:40:00.000-08:00For those of us who know nothing about falconry, "...For those of us who know nothing about falconry, "Rites of Autumn" is a great book and has lots of information about the handling of passage peregrines. I'm glad to read that it sat well with a falconer like Matt.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-61074982841192003702008-12-17T07:20:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:20:00.000-08:00Ken you better talk to your wife!(Correction: Dan'...Ken you better talk to your wife!<BR/><BR/>(Correction: Dan's peregrine, Dolly, in Rites was not technically a passage bird but rather one injured while being raised for release in a hacking project. But otherwise the recommendation stands.)Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-83614107851836453292008-12-17T07:17:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:17:00.000-08:00Ken should ask his wife first. This is a general ...Ken should ask his wife first. This is a general rule never followed.<BR/><BR/>Ken, we have one of Steve's books on this subject (falconry, not passage birds in particular) here now. Which is your incentive for unpacking your office so I can find it.<BR/><BR/>Good little SAR dog handlers might find a book by TH White in their stockings, if they play their cards right.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-40273737871636505842008-12-17T07:11:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:11:00.000-08:00Batwrangler,Several populations of peregrines are ...Batwrangler,<BR/><BR/>Several populations of peregrines are traditioanlly non-migratory in the US. The population most likely to be migrating along the US eastern and southern coasts are Arctic peregrines (<I>F.p.tundrius</I>), a population of falcons that was by many estimates never endangered and has been down-listed for years now. <BR/><BR/>The USFWS plan for a passage peregrine harvest will target these birds in particular by restricting take to places and times of the year when these birds are most likely to be encountered. It is (purposefully) unlikely that any year-round resident falcons will be taken during a passage peregrine harvest as it's constructed.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-57541919803193926052008-12-17T07:04:00.000-08:002008-12-17T07:04:00.000-08:00Ken,There is a lot of good writing about the relat...Ken,<BR/><BR/>There is a lot of good writing about the relationships between falconers and their semi-wild raptor partners. But not a lot of it reaches into the "mainstream" literature. Steve's writing (some of it available in the navigation bar to the left) contains a lot of good stuff along these lines, and you might want to start with Eagle Dreams for descriptions of man/eagle/horse/dog partnerships that have survived thousands of years in central Asia.<BR/><BR/>More specific to passage peregrines, there is the book <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Rites-Autumn-Falconers-Journey-American/dp/1558214577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229526170&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">The Rites of Autumn</A> by Dan O'Brien. I'm not sure it's still in print but was widely available not too many years ago. In Rites, Dan describes his season-long quest to hunt with and rehabilitate an injured passage peregrine, travelling with the bird south across the continent over the fall and winter months to mimic the bird's natural migratory route.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-32662298253402698152008-12-17T06:26:00.000-08:002008-12-17T06:26:00.000-08:00The pair of peregrines that nests at the Brady Sul...The pair of peregrines that nests at the Brady Sullivan Tower in Manchester, NH are year-round residents, fwiw.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232707968116186688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-12554975968917032702008-12-17T06:05:00.000-08:002008-12-17T06:05:00.000-08:00Fascinating. I have a request for what may be an ...Fascinating. I have a request for what may be an unusual reason -- can you point me to sources on passage birds and their relationships with people?<BR/><BR/>And here's the reason: I write science fiction, and one of my alien worlds contains an intelligent species that has developed a co-hunting relationship with a (non-flying) predator. I'd been using humans and dogs as a model, but now that I read your post I realize that passage birds would be a much more interesting and maybe more apt model -- in addition to the fact that both species are more bird-like than human-like (think what a Velociraptor would be if it developed intelligence), I always had the idea of the predator being more semi-feral than domesticated.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Ken Chiacchia<BR/>http://blogthatsmells.blogspot.comKen Chiacchiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626815789187013583noreply@blogger.com