First Kill...2010 season

[harrishawker]

Hannibal went into the moult very early in January this year and now is 90% done so i thought i would stretch his wings for a day before some serious muscle building and first flight he came up with this.
Oh what joys for the coming season ;D

[killjoy]

congrats!

[chad13dnvr (DBH)]

Good show HH. It's getting me jumpy seeing that little bloody mess on the ground. It's almost time.

Do you have more pics of your bird? I know he was sold to you as a Harlans or dark morph or something like that and it looks like he may have molted out like a typical RT. Not that it matters just curious if you have any pics of him in his new clothes.

[harrishawker]

Thanks.
Yeah he was sold to me as a Harlan but I think most of us had our Doubts including me. Although he has darkened up quite substantially. More of a Heavy Ginger. He is a Fantastic hunter so no matter but it’s just interesting to know.
I will get some piccies up. He still has a few primaries to go which is why I have put him back to flying weight and training to get fit. There are just too many baby rabbits. If I let him he could take 20 a day which is no fun and would be a pain in the arse!
Squizzer flights in foliage ridden summer trees are no fun either. I think just an unaware young squizzer on the ground was an easy take but it’s great to see, it pays off all those squizzers fed in the moult.

[harrishawker]

Aug 4, 2010 19:53:37 GMT -5 chad13dnvr (DBH) said:

Good show HH. It's getting me jumpy seeing that little bloody mess on the ground. It's almost time.

Do you have more pics of your bird? I know he was sold to you as a Harlans or dark morph or something like that and it looks like he may have molted out like a typical RT. Not that it matters just curious if you have any pics of him in his new clothes.

Here you are mate . What do you think? You guys see them all the time!
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[Bridget]

Congratulations!!! Here's to many many more kills in your bag this season! ;D

[tampamatt]

Looks about the same as the ones I see around here, which would be either Eastern or Florida. Although its entirely possible that he's a mix of several different birds. They just vary so much even within subspecies that he could be just about anything.

Gorgeous bird regardless.

[squirrelhawker08]

Looks a lot like my female. Looks like a Eastern RT to me. Very nice.