Finally got home

Red...... Do you still need a horn.....? I have both a hi and a lo note that have tested good. PM your mailing addy and which you need and i'll send it to ya......

Will.
 
Red...... Do you still need a horn.....? I have both a hi and a lo note that have tested good. PM your mailing addy and which you need and i'll send it to ya......

Will.

Will, let me check all of the connections again and I will let you know....sometimes it sounds like it working and other times it doesn't...maybe its just my hearing!
 
I forgot I had these on my camera, batteries went dead and I just put it back in the glove box. I was lucky enough to have my one of my sons come for the weekend, the other wasn't able to make it up from Florida.

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Will, here is one for Ellie....

Hi, Red!
This is Ellie. You told me about how big Spirit was, but the pictures really put her into perspective. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BIRD! I wanted to write and thank you for that fascinating account about hunting with her and her care and feeding. Red, I could have listened to you all day. What a story. I had no idea people still hunted with birds of prey.
Though she's gone now, I hope you decide to do it again. Sounded like you really knew what you were doing.
Thanks again for teaching something new to this old gal.
Ellie
P.S. I love the pix of you and Spirit nose to beak.

 
There is a huge bald eagle population on Aberdeen Proving Ground's 72,000 acres on the Chesapeake Bay. I've been told that APG has the largest concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48. Last year's survey claimed nearly 200 eagles. We have 4 nest cams that can be viewed 24 x 7 but it's on a secure military website that the public can't view. Sorry. I found an article that said there was 39 nest with 56 chicks in 2009. The eagles have the right of way if they nest on firing ranges. The firing range will shut down in an instant and won't open again until the nest is empty. Also huge osprey, turkey vulture, wild turkey, red hawk, owl population too. I live less than 3 minutes from APG and have the big birds around my house all the time.

http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/newsletter/Summer10/eagles/ArmyEagles.html

I live near York Hospital surrounded by maple trees, I have 1 dying Chesnut and 2 Hawks live in the cemetery behind my house. We love watching them and have the 6 yrs that we have lived here. The other day I saw one of the Hawks fly to the top of the Chestnut and about 15 seconds later 2 Orioles and 2 Sparrows flew in next to him or her, but a safe distance away and started squalking very loud, almost immediatly the other trees errupted with birds squalking, I have seen the littler birds and the Hawks dog fight many times. But its the first time I have ever seen them squeal on the Hawks who I guess were looking for a meal. Birds are amazing
 
Hi, Red!
This is Ellie. You told me about how big Spirit was, but the pictures really put her into perspective. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BIRD! I wanted to write and thank you for that fascinating account about hunting with her and her care and feeding. Red, I could have listened to you all day. What a story. I had no idea people still hunted with birds of prey.
Though she's gone now, I hope you decide to do it again. Sounded like you really knew what you were doing.
Thanks again for teaching something new to this old gal.
Ellie
P.S. I love the pix of you and Spirit nose to beak.


Ellie, working with birds of prey was the most amazing thing I have ever done, to watch them respond to you makes you realize that we all appreciate trust. I also had the pleasure of working with a Harris hawk and I could fly him without a glove, he was that gentle to me but still deadly to game. His name was Kahn and his training was totally different than that of Spirit.

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Most people underestimate the intelligence of birds. They are amazing. We have Red Tailed hawks nesting behind our place on a wooded escrapment and its entertaining watching the noisy young ones get raised. They are beautiful to watch on the hunt as they glide between the trees. They also keep the hordes of vultures from roosting nearby.
 
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