Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Merlin Hunt

This is a method of hunting that I've always been fascinated with.  Last weekend I had the chance to go film a merlin.  This is one crazy little falcon.

Yes, when I say little I mean about the size of a pigeon.  This little bird is smart though and has been trained to work with its falconer so that it can successfully catch its prey.  It as funny how it had an attitude.  If the falconer called it to catch something and there was nothing to catch, the merlin would begin to lose trust.  There was no sense optimism in this bird and it wasn't going to put up with any nonsense.  If the falconer "tricked" the merlin too many times it would probably revert back to the tried and true methods that it would do naturally.

Meet Peaches the fierce merlin.

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