Falconry Chronicles Podcast

This last episode of the Falconry Chronicles podcast ends on another great note. As stated in his first episode, Dr. Ken Riddle comes back to detail and highlight other important memories, as well as clarify and further detail other recollections that were covered previously. This is another truly special episode that details certain aspects of falconry in the Middle East that nobody would be able...

This episode is potentially the second-to-last episode for Falconry Chronicles, and it's a great one! Nicole Perretta joins us remotely to talk hawking challenges where she's from in California, and of course, plenty of observations and conversation about accipiters! This episode and next week's final episode for the foreseeable future, and possibly forever, are ones you won't want to miss, and I'...

This remotely recorded episode with Tim Gallagher, author of multiple books, including Falcon Fever, and former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine, revisits some of his fond memories with other well-known names in falconry, as well as other recountings of some of the research behind his books, and some of his favorite memories of his own falconry. Support at b...

This remotely recorded episode features the creator of the Falconry Journal app, Tim Williams. Tim comes on to discuss his motivations for taking on the endeavor of creating the app, the different upgrades he's making to the app through offering the pro version, and how falconry is for him in northern California. This should be a good listen for current users of the Falconry Journal app, and for t...

I hope you all enjoyed episode 200! We're continuing on with 201, and just a heads up, from here on out, I'll publish what I can, when I can publish it. Unfortunately, there might be more remote recordings in the future, but I'll do my best to continue to do in person when I can. This episode and a few others were supposed to be recorded in person at the Arizona meet in Camp Verde, but because of...

Well, here we are folks.... Another couple of big milestones for the podcast! This 200th episode also marks two years of being on my own under Falconry Chronicles, and I held this recording back to mark such an occasion! The guest for this episode, Dr. Ken Riddle, has been requested many times over the years, and thanks to the help of Rob Rainey, Robert Bagley, and other mutual friends, this recor...

This episode was recorded seemingly forever ago, almost three years to be exact. Now that I've made my way completely through my backlog and had a chance to listen back to this episode that I've held in reserve for so long, it felt like an appropriate time to put it out. I recently published another episode featuring a longtime Indiana falconer, so I figured this would be a good time to publish an...

Falconers and their opinions... You all have heard that sentiment mentioned many times now on the podcast, and for those of you who have been active falconers longer than five seconds, you know this sentiment all too well! There are some opinions that are more rooted in fact and that are widely agreed upon, but others are up for much more debate. There are always going to be disagreements within t...

This episode takes us back to Germany once again, this time in the more central part of the country, where Kai Schmid resides. Kai comes on the podcast to talk about his affinity for goshawks and vizslas, and details how he incorporates ferrets in his falconry. He also discusses some of the challenges that Germany faces currently with declining rabbit populations, as well as how avian influenza is...

We're not only back in the US for this episode, but also my home state of Indiana! This episode was recorded at the end of last season at the last Indiana Falconers Assocation meet of the year in Terre Haute. It was requested by other IFA members that I get a conversation recorded with Mike Jones to get his memories of the early formation of the IFA and NAFA, his early days of falconry in the stat...

This episode brings you more falconry from Germany with Malte Tober! After getting home from a business trip in Belgium, Malte expounds a little more on how they go about testing to become a falconer in Germany, starting falconry with a goshawk, hawking Egyptian geese and their status as an invasive species, and much more! Support at buymeacoffee.com/falconrychronicles Special thanks to the organi...

This week brings you some falconry from Germany, with Claas Niehues joining us remotely! Claas has been a falconer for around 30 years, and has gotten to see and practice falconry in many different countries. He discusses that, along with flying Harris's hawks, why Harris's are his favorite species to fly, what led him to write a book about them, his experience with vizslas, and other topics! Supp...

In the coming weeks, we're going to be jumping around some other countries, since logistics and time have been preventing more face-to-face conversations lately. I've been getting back in touch with some of my international falconry friends, and was introduced to Cameron Coley remotely. He talks about falconry in the province where he's from in South Africa, some of the species he's gotten to fly,...

This episode is the last episode from Oklahoma, for a little while at least. In this episode Brooke Reed joins us to talk about her short tenure in falconry thus far. Even though she's only been at it for a few years, she's been pursuing her falconry career rather tenaciously, and also already giving back in terms of helping with her state club and other things. She also talks about doing a slight...

We have just a couple of episodes left that were recorded in Oklahoma earlier this summer. Dave Eslicker, falconer and former physician/dermatologist, joins us this episode to talk about some important topics, mainly being his involvement in getting falconry regulations turned over more to the states, the process of how that came about, and what led up to it. Of course, he also talks about his per...

In this episode with Mark Waller, we get to hear from another falconer who has been at it since the early days of falconry in the US. Mark talks about being involved with birds of prey since his early childhood, balancing that with his career as an attorney, and the early days of the Oklahoma falconry community. Support at buymeacoffee.com/falconrychronicles Special thanks to the organizations and...

Due to some family circumstances, I was unfortunately not able to record with Rob while I was in Oklahoma, but I did manage to catch up with him after the fact and get his recording done later remotely. I was happy to do so, since it has been six years since he recorded his episode with my old partner Israel with Falconry Told, and he's another falconer I wanted the chance to do a follow up episod...

In this next episode featuring falconers from Oklahoma, we're joined by another husband and wife falconry tandem, Chris and Jessica Kimble. We have some lighthearted conversation about hoodmaking, Jessica's affinity for Cooper's hawks, how Chris and Jessica balance their seasons with their job and kid time requirements, and in the process, we have a bit of fun at the expense of some mutual friends...

We carry on in Oklahoma with Samantha Grayson, who was gracious enough to still make it out to do this recording despite limited sleep and a lot of moving challenges! Samantha talks in this episode about the different species she's flown, including one species in particular that not a lot of people have experience with, as well as her times spent in Mongolia and getting to fly a golden eagle while...

I was really excited to get a chance to do this episode with Tim! Being an original art fan and fellow nerd and musician, as well as an Indiana native, I knew this would be a really fun conversation to have. It certainly didn't disappoint! We talked about all of the above things, plus other observations and philosophical topics for close to a couple of hours, so buckle up and enjoy the ride! Suppo...

This is one of a couple of fun husband and wife falconry episodes recorded in Oklahoma. These are always fun to do, since each has had their own dynamics and perspectives to bring to the table, and it was a lot of fun hearing Phil and Gayla's! Multiple toasts were had during this episode with the wine that they brought, and we discussed some pretty crazy things they've had to deal with in falconry...

We're continuing on in Oklahoma this episode with Rob Huber! We talk about his tenures serving in NAFA and other organizations, longwinging, hoodmaking, and lots of other good stuff. We also mention some mutual friends, and talk about some nostalgia looking for goshawk nests in Wyoming, amongst other things. There's still a lot left to get out to you all from this great state of falconry, so stay...

This episode kicks off several episodes that were recorded while in Oklahoma for a weekend back in July. Our guest for this episode, Rob Rainey, helped get everyone lined up for these recordings, and was also kind enough to host me for the weekend while I was there. It would've been very difficult to make this happen without his help, so big thanks to him for his help! In this recording, we talked...

This remotely recorded episode was another that was a year in the making. I finally had a chance to sit down with Heather to talk about flying Cooper's hawks, kestrels, red-tailed hawks, her motivation for starting her falconry supply business, Mountain State Falconry Supply, her book Squirrel Hawking in Appalachia, and other cool stuff. I'm glad I finally got a chance to get her recorded and talk...

This episode is the other recording that I did while in Arizona a few weeks ago, and thanks to the encouragement of mutual friends Kalen and Amy, I was able to meet up with Jerry and get his story while at Amy and Donnie's place. Jerry is another falconer with a very long career in the sport, with a lot of very unique experiences. He talks about flying golden eagles and ornate hawk eagles in AZ, h...