Falconry
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tempera and watersoluble pencils on mdf / cm 58×39
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Le domaine de La Bourbansais in the town of Pleugueneuc, Brittany, France Have a look at my other photos. For example: / / Or browse through one of my categories: / animal / building / cemetery / church / damselfly / dragonfly / drop / fall / flower / france / insect / leaf / light / macro / nature / other / reflection / water / winter
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Featured as the Avatar for the “A Vision In Flight” group for the month of June 2009!
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A look at the aristrocratic upbringing of Penelope Peregrine held few clues to the adventures that would be her destiny, save for her tendency towards tomboyishness, her affinity for birds and her trailblazing bobbed hairdo. Educated in the finest boarding schools Boston had to offer, by the 5th grade she had already trained an owl to bring her dazed field mice, a talent not generally held in much esteem by her fine-bred female peers who would often find them burrowing furtively in their hope chests. Faced with the prospect of several years of finishing school, Penelope decamped to the wilds of Maine and began training her birds in earnest. A Master Falconer before she was 20, only the promise of a European tour could lure her away from her training mews. Accompanied by her prize falcon, Thaumaturge, she embarked on a 2 year tour of the Continent, leaving a trail of paramours as dazed and shell-shocked as field mice in her wake. While her charm, wit and beauty were the talk of Paris, London and Berlin, her strange tendency to attract birds of prey like star-struck suitors did raise a few eyebrows. For the most part, though, it merely added to her intrigue and brought her to the drafty castle of the handsome and eccentric Baron von Eigenbrotler who promised to show her the workings of his strange mechanical birds. His unfortunate and abiding affinity for Schnapps, however, overrode any plans he may have had for the evening and that is how a bored Penelope found herself poking around the turret study of a German spy in the midst of World War I. She secured a copy of the mysterious map and instructions she found there to Thaumaturge’s leg and dispatched him to British Intelligence, bidding him to return to her before dawn. And that is how Penelope launched her career as one of the Allies most valued secret operatives. Penelope is pictured here in one of her fantastic winged hats preparing Thaumaturge for his departure from Baron von Eigenbrotler’s castle. The Baron’s mechanical owl, Dragoslav looks on from his perch. Original measures 8” x 6” x ¾” and features vintage images and German Dresden trim with metal accents and satin ribbon (view original at http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13308507). This original artwork is copyright Ramona Szczerba 2008. Copyright is not transferable with the sale of this item. The buyer is not entitled to any reproduction rights – image cannot be reproduced without my
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A shot of a wild Harris’ Hawk perched atop a cactus in the Arizona desert.
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Le domaine de La Bourbansais in the town of Pleugueneuc, Brittany, France / / Have a look at my other photos. For example: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Or browse through one of my categories flower / poppy / water / leaf / other / reflection / macro / insect / dragonfly / damselfly
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Trying to grab a titbit in flight while flying towards the falconer during a day with Mere Down Falconry as my wife’s birthday present .
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Harris hawk overlooking Loch Lomond with Loch Long in the distance, Argyll, Scotland, UK.
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Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo). Great children-friendly falconry demonstrations are given by Angelique from the falconry ‘Flying Free’ at Muiderslot (the Muiden Castle), the Netherlands. After the demonstration, I could photograph this lovely bird of prey. October 2008. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: retouch, crop, color/tonality adjustment, sharpening.
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This magnificent bird is one of the inhabitants of the Malta Falconry Centre. It is apparently very easy to train and so is a popular falconry “beginner’s bird”. It is native to much of South and Central America and the southern part of North America. The MFC takes great care in animal welfare, and apart from offering courses and educational sessions, it rescues injured birds brought in from the wild. Falconry in Malta dates back to the 13th century; the Maltese falcon was a highly prized bird. The title of the classic film “The Maltese Falcon” was based (in a roundabout way) on a historical fact. Pentax K 10D
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This was taken at Chichester Falconry Centre, it is lovely there and very hands on, my daughter Katie was thrilled to have this baby barn owl land on her gloved arm.
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It’s that character Cedar the Eagle Owl again showing how badly he was brought up by his adopted Mum, Andy Hughes, the falconer at Dunrobin Castle in Scotland
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It seems a strange name but this barn owl has been named Plop ! He’s a beautiful bird looked after at Dunrobin Castle falconry. / It’s not a brilliant shot as he was some distance away from me. / In the UK it is illegal to take wild birds of prey, their chicks or their eggs. Birds used for flying displays are normally those that have been injured or are unable to hunt their own food for whatever reason or have raised as chicks from parents not in the wild (maybe injured themselves). A licence is required for this.
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Masked owl working for his tucker
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Again at Mere , posing on the mit on my wife’s hand , this is a Barn Owl called “Peace” . She flew from the mit and landed on my forearm as I was taking the picture and I hardly felt her land or leave she had such a delicate touch .
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A Meerkat at the Exmoor Falconry & Animal Farm.
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One of the owls in the display at the Exmoor Falconry and Animal Farm 2007.
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This is a beautiful Hawk which we saw in a falconry demonstration at Dunrobin Castle
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