Aww, poor David!

However, good for the bird - who has his real (ie; wild) life back.... I 
hope he made it up and back okay...

Marilyn


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From: "Ray Audette" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:05 AM
Subject: Gyrfalcon tale





Once my master Falconer, VanWormer, and I were hunting ducks with a Jerkin 
( male) Icelandic (pure white)Gyrfalcon on a 19,000 acre ranch in 
Happy,Texas, when he caught the North Wind and started his long journey back 
to Canada.

We went back to the Amarillo Airport and rented a plane and pilot to track 
him with his radio telemetry to another ranch about ten miles from where we 
lost him. After returning back to Amarillo, we drove to this other ranch ( 
40 miles - got there about midnight) and David hiked about three miles from 
the road to where the radio signal was coming from only to find that the 
Falcon had chewed off his transmitter and continued on his way back to the 
Artic.

This was the second time David lost a bird with me ( the first was a Harris 
Hawk he had for 11 years)- he cried both times....

Ray


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