An eventful day

[Claire]

After gale force winds and heavy rain, it finally got out nice enough to fly my kestrel late this afternoon, as I was walking her to the field I fly her on she started screaming, I looked up and saw a male kestrel hovering above us. He flew off so I decided to fly her, shes starting to fly to the the lure now and I'm getting three or four passes now before letting her have the lure, I did that twice and was putting her up again, she went and sat on a fence when the little male came back and sat on a roof nearby, he started calling she started calling and next thing I knew she was on the roof and he was hovering above her trying to do the business :roll: I got the lure out but she didn't want to know ( I wonder why lol) then I threw her end piece out a couple of times and she came down, For a minute I thought he was coming down too lol, he swooped down hovered and then flew off, I have never known this happen before, I was more worried she would get chased off. :-P

[Brit-Gos]

Great story Claire, i bet it was wonderful to see

[Joey]

must of been funny to watch lol



joey

[GaryPCO]

must of been funny to watch lol



joey
funny if not a bit frightening eh claire,fancy being wooed back to the wild eh lol.....:rolleyes:

[Claire]

yeah I was rather worried, but in the end she chose a chick over a shag lol, started trying to get her down as soon as she went over to him, I wasn't exactly relaxed lol

[Harrisii]

lovely story that Claire,
great to hear and must have been wondefull to watch.
its things like that which really brings a smile to your inner side.
excellent.

[Ant]

Just goes to prove a femail is not interested on an empty stomach. If had been the other way around he would have been off and not back till the early hours.
Tony

[Talon]

i had more or less the same thing happen to me years ago.
but my female kestrel ended up catching the male kestrel which i later released unharmed.just minuse a few feathers.
she loved chasing wild kesses after that.but as you have said could end up looseing your bird.due to it chaseing wild ones.

[Claire]

lol she wasn't chasing it she was quite happily sitting there while it tried to mount her. ha ha not sure how the paperwork would be sorted out if she laid. I've seen it before calling her from the opposite rooftop while she is tethered, There used to be a local female but I haven't seen her this year which is a shame, and might be why he is showing such an interest in her.

[Talon]

should of left her to enjoy her self. lol females what are they like.:lol:

[Stephen]

good to hear about your wee kes claire cant wait to get my wee male out
after he has moulted

[Claire]

he's pretty, morgan is flying through the moult she has only lost two secondrys so far, but last year she was in a centre, so she is used to flying through it, but used to get winter off but now flys all year. realling enjoying getting her going to the lure though. I'd like to try to hunt her but the only thing she has shown any interest in so far is a frog lol, but she was tethered at the time.

[Tim Laycock]

Nice story, happy ending too 8-)

[Claire]

yes I'm very happy that the day ended with my bird back on my fist:-D

[HawkingMad]

I wait for the day when i can get a bird back home on my fist:lol:

[Hacker]

:supz: :supz: :supz:

[Claire]

I wait for the day when i can get a bird back home on my fist:lol:
lol :supz:

[HawkingMad]

I love you:twisted:

[Claire]

ha ha so does my boyfriend :twisted:

[HawkingMad]

ARSE:butthead: not boverd really:cry:

[Falco Peregrinus]

would love to see some pics of ur kes, claire!
ive got a little female, called gem-and she really is one!

[Claire]

my kes is my avatar but here are some more, these were taken by a complete stranger lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/willow25/editkes.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/willow25/Kestral008.jpg

[Falco Peregrinus]

she looks great!!! will try n get some pics of mine up there!:supz:

[IAmTheWeasel]

Great looking Kes Claire! I envy ya'll for having a kes that big. The American Kes is much smaller..Oh yea, Happy B-day too!

[Claire]

Great looking Kes Claire! I envy ya'll for having a kes that big. The American Kes is much smaller..Oh yea, Happy B-day too!
she's quite small for a female euro I believe, she flies between 6 3/4 and 7 oz now gonna get out and fly her, havent been able to for a few days due to the weather

[Croft]

i think me and the male have the same problem i alwayas hover round females but they always fly of as well ha ha