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Who's Who: Mark Reindel, one of my oldest
friends, whom I've known since 1963. Most of the time he lives
in Siasconset, Massachusetts on Nantucket Island. My interest in
falconry is largely his fault. Jim Ince, my sponsor, lives ten minutes
from me in Bellaire, TX. Until recently Jim was the VP of North
American Falconers' Association. Paul Glasser is a friend from
prep-school. I think that I introduced him to falconry, and recently
reconnected with him after about thirty years. My lovely wife
Stephanie, who puts up with me, is shown holding Bravo in our backyard
in Houston. Cody Fields and Bob Peavy, two buddies that I met in
Abilene, TX in January of 2005. It was they that pointed out that I
could go to Arkansas and trap a kestrel. Hence Apollo. They live in
Arkansas, but Bob is a Texas resident. Then, author Matthew Mullenix,
who came to Houston to fly birds with Jim Ince. We all had a great
time, and I learned a lot about kestrels in a couple of days. Finally,
Roger Crandall who helped me catch two passage red-tails, and his
charming wife Claudia, who volunteered to clean Cisco's "Pepsi Field"
rabbit.
Mark
Reindel and
Maggie
in 1992 with captive bred tiercel peregrine,
"Angus" (Photo: Ingrid Sofrin)
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Jim
Ince, 3/5/2005, with 7X intermewed tiercel peregrine,
Gaucho, and a hard won snipe. (Photo:
Matthew Mullenix)
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A
picture of me in 1966 with an eyass female red-tail, Jezebel.
I had her from April 1966 until June or July 1967, when she
escaped during the molt
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Thirty-eight
years later with passage kestrel, "Alex" - 12/28/2004. We were
attempting to catch sparrows hiding in a bush along this street.
Although she chased lots of sparrows during her last month, she had no
interest on this particular day. This picture was taken just three days
before she was attacked by a wild female sharp-shin hawk and
disappeared without a trace
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Paul Glasser, early 1967 with haggard
tiercel Harris hawk, "Eric"
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Paul Glasser with intermewed eyass
tiercel red-tail, "Dutch" and cottontail in South Texas (1969)
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Cody Fields in Ft Smith, AR, February
2006, with passage light-phase Harlan's hawk, "Indy", and a 4 lb swamp
rabbit. This little redtail flies at 700 grams
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Steph and "Bravo," passage tiercel
redtail, October 19, 2005. Late the following month, Bravo disappeared
right after being trained.
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Bob Peavy in Jetmore, KS in 2004, with
twice intermewed passage tiercel redtail, "Cowboy"
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Bob Peavy with "Cowboy", August 2004 in
Natural Dam, AR
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Apollo the kestrel fighting over a
starling with kestrel guru, Matthew Mullenix, Houston, 3/5/2005
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Matt Mullenix, 3/5/2005 with six time
intermewed captive bred tiercel Harris hawk, "Charlie." After seven
seasons Matt returned the bird to Tom and Jennifer Coulson for their
decimated HH breeding project.
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1/16/2006 - Roger and
Claudia Crandall in Ft Worth, TX. Shown with their Harris' hawks,
Chucky and Chili.
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4/9/2006 - Randell
Kocurek with his rabbit catching passage red-tail, Neptune
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My friend Mike
Wiegel, most frequent field buddy
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