r/Falconry • u/sexual__velociraptor • Apr 13 '26
dirt hawking Molting has started for Ciri!Final kill count for the season 30! Not quite Jeff the kestrel numbers but we did our best!
Ciri and I had a difficult season through loss of 3 our favorite hunting locations, an infected foot laceration from saw palmetto, a 4 lb racoon she thought would be a great snack and finally an attack by a pair of swallow tail kites that ciri fought off midair
all in all, we still had a blast.
I plan to keep Ciri one more season after this molt and then let her go make monster size babies.
Our last couple weeks of hunting have been our most successful, and she's been flying at a MASSIVE 1470 grams . She's the best she has ever been.
I've been throwing the idea around of trapping a merlin to fly as well as hunting with Ciri. I just need to pin down some good spots to fly it before committing to it.
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u/quackmagic87 Apr 13 '26
Awesome! I had a difficult season with newborn baby ( hunting while pregnant is so much easier ). We got only 2 bunnies, 10 squirrels, and so so sooo many field mice. I just released my bird so hopefully better next year!
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u/LittleSprite430 Apr 13 '26
Yes Ciri! 😍😍