Cheryl Hays Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I saw this bird on Mustang Island State Park today. It identified with the photo search as an aplomado falcon. I would like to confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Can confirm! It's banded though, which probably means it's not wild. I don't know about bands on these birds though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Cool bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I know that The World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise is working on these birds. They may even want to know if you've seen one. http://www.peregrinefund.org/projects/aplomado-falcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 the population of Aplomado falcons in the US and Mexico is considered endangered and there has been a recovery program since the 1980s. That probably explains the banding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 20 hours ago, Seattle said: I know that The World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise is working on these birds. They may even want to know if you've seen one. http://www.peregrinefund.org/projects/aplomado-falcon Right. I've seen one of them at their flight shows ? Rosa is her name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 The birds at Mustang Island are part of the reintroduction effort. Some are released birds, but they do have a successful breeding population now. These birds are more wild than not at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipzilla Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 When I was in the Coast Guard in the mid 90's, I helped a couple of them down near Harlan, Tx? I think it was in the HU25 Falcon jet as part of the reintroduction effort. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I was just wondering what else you thought that it might have been, as adult Aplomados are pretty distinctive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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