Please submit your concerns and comments to FalconryDEA@fws.gov on the DEA. 

We are in urgent need of your support regarding this situation.  As the title suggests, many of the falcons that are going to be harvested / trapped in the proposed United States Fish and Wildlife’s – (USFW) DEA management plan will be for the taking for private falconry purposes only. A peregrine harvest (of any kind) at this stage here in North America is simply criminal, while the species is still in its recovery in most ALL of the US states and Canadian provinces,,,, and still listed as such for very good reasons. It is a listed SAR –– (species at risk) including its habitat, and still protected by law in both countries federally, and in individual states and provinces here in North America.  The species is either still absent from many parts of it historical breeding places, and or still in recovery as of this date. Continue Reading »

It’s always awesome to come across an eagle.  Spotting 4 unexpectedly must have been made for a wonderful day.   Make sure to check out the slide show.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=bc415e66-6ea8-4ba1-a706-54cedf7aa982

Nesting box mounted below Rt. 30 bridge to lure rare falcons
Lancaster Newspapers – Lancaster,PA,USA
That’s where they naturally belong,” said Art McMorris, the Game Commission’s peregrine falcon coordinator. But “the birds have clearly chosen the bridge as …

Happy New Year to all of our readers and forum members!  We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.  Here at Falcons and Friends we are preparing for the 2008 nesting season.  Bald Eagles are working on nests at various sites (check the forum for news on individual nests).  The Gentoo Penguin chicks started hatching, and it won’t be long before the owls and falcons start their nesting season.

Female Adult PeFa
01.01.2008
photo by irinash

For those who are wondering about the Buffalo Peregrine Falcons, check out our Gallery (http://www.falconsandfriends.com/gallery) – forum member “irinash” took some wonderful photos of the pair on New Year’s Day!