Alpomado Falcons
In the summer of 2009, LightHawk began working with The Peregrine Fund to relocate one month-old Alpomado Falcon chicks from their breeding facility in Boise, Idaho to west Texas and southern New Mexico. Read more about this in the August 2009 WayPoint, Issue 32.
* Video footage is expected shortly. Check back often.
An adult Aplomado Falcon in flight. photo: Cal Sandfort/The Peregrine Fund.
2-3 one month-old chicks were loaded into each moving box. "This box is designed for multiple uses." Indeed! photo: Jeff Hamilton/LightHawk
Boxes are loaded into the aircraft. photo: Bill Heinrich/ The Peregrine Fund
Photo: Alicia Arcidiacono
Falcon release platform. Photo: Alicia Arcidiacono
Landowners Cindy and AT Cole listen to The Peregrine Fund biologist Angel Montoya prior to chick release on the Cole's Pitchfork Ranch near Deming, New Mexico. Photo: Alicia Arcidiacono
Handling the chicks prior to release. Photo: Alicia Arcidiacono