Great Grouse Video

Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek in Snow (HD) from Dawson Dunning on Vimeo.

This is a great video showing Sharp-tailed Grouse booming.  I often show videos of Lesser Prairie Chickens booming in our programs and ask the students, "where do you think this bird is found?"  Nine times out of ten they respond "Africa" and then are shocked to find out that these birds can be found in Oklahoma.  "Not all animals with interesting displays and behaviors are found on other continents," I have to tell them. I guess it is a matter of realizing what you've got while you've still got it.

Best Pics from the 2009-2010 Season in No Particular order

Chaney and Merlin, Myself, Raul, and a few Arkansas Falconers

First Double with the Gyr and Hybrid



Kestrel and stripe headed Starling.



First of many Sextuple+ days



Hybrid and his first Canvasback



Passage Prairie trapped while looking for passage Peregrines.



Eyas Cooper's Hawk

Imprint Coop, unfortunately he died unexpectantly a few days later




Hybrid with one of his first few ducks





Katie with passage Prairie from above just before releasing it.



Hybrid with first Drake Mallard



Kestrel action shot



Good day in Norman



Gyr's first duck



Falcons weathering the last day of the season



Hybrid's second duck, a hen Mallard



Harlan's Hawk that was trapped and released



Daniel and Jonathan with they newly trapped Red-Tails.  Both went on to be great game hawks.



Very light Red-tail that was trapped and released



Successful day of getting new and second year apprentices their birds.

Mi Amigo Raul in the Gloss Mountains on the way to the NAFA meet.



Getting ready to fly my Hybrid at NAFA



Hybrid mounting



Mitch Wishon and his Goshawk



Francine Forrester and her Harris' Hawk



Woodward restaurant and wind blown falconers.



Raul enjoying the wildlife



Jason Childress and his Hybrid

Jason, Raul, and several international falconers after a successful flight







Merlin Stooping


NAFA Meet weathering yard