Brown Falcon

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Bambi

[Yisehaq]

Very nice MA!

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Yisehaq

[JAS_Photo]

Such a pretty girl. A pretty dam good hunter too! Great shots M.A. Shame she got shot. Birds like this do way more good than any harm. They keep the rodent population any other vermin under control.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks JAS. She may not live free anymore but she has a great owner ... top guy who is passionate about his birds.

[Andrew]

As a safety measure some airports here use trained birds of prey to help keep the bird population down. I would like to think that this bird being shot was an error by someone not paying attention.

[Mad Aussie]

As a safety measure some airports here use trained birds of prey to help keep the bird population down. I would like to think that this bird being shot was an error by someone not paying attention.

Nope, we don't shoot birds around our airports as far as I know. This is believed to be deliberate.

[Mad Aussie]

I stand corrected (by myself no less) ... just went and searched that Andrew and we do indeed emply many bird control measures around our airports, including shooting on rare occasions.