Nice to meet you Garrett.. I will have to check out the calendar. If it has your photos on it, I know it has to be good.
I volunteer at the Old Rapper Center. :)

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Nice to meet you!

On my way to a Geology degree, I took a side elective (for fun) in Ornithology taught by Dr. Heinz Meng. Meng is best known for his groundbreaking work to save the peregrine falcon from the brink of extinction. By the early 1970s peregrines had vanished from the eastern United States and Canada, Meng was the first to successfully breed the avian predators in captivity and reintroduce them to the wild.

Meng managed to breed two peregrines from British Columbia and nursed the chicks himself in the kitchen. "Falconers thought I was nuts," he admits. "No one in America had ever successfully bred peregrines." He even trained them to hunt pigeons. The professor released the first pair of fledglings; appropriately named Adam and Eve; from a Meng-made aerie atop the faculty building in 1974. Dr. Meng is still alive and active at 90 yrs old!

I think it must be extremely interesting and gratifying to be involved in such a worthy cause, and I'll have to check out the calendar.

~Connie

Edit: I checked out the store, but I only saw the 2014 calendar available. Maybe they will release the new one soon?

That must be very interesting volunteer work. I will check out the calender, too. Keep up the good work, Garrett.

How nice to meet you, and what a worthy cause, I will be checking out the calendar. I too see only the 2014 calendar .=^..^=tigs♥

Garrett, we've enjoyed your wonderful photography here on Caedes and it is nice to learn you are also into rescue of these beautiful creatures. Keep up the great work.

You luck man to be able to get up nice and close to these majestic birds of pray and this is a very interesting looking photography and love the expression on the visitors face they look totally engrossed with the information they are receiving .As as a both keep up the good work and get to the Uk and tell this pheasant keeps and farmers that they have no big in packed of lambs and pheasant and stop shooting and poisoning .

It's wonderful putting a face to these marvelous captures of yours Garrett, this would be a very fun and full filling volunteer job, plus a very interesting one indeed.

Great capture and who took this shot?

Very nice to meet you, Garrett. I'd love to volunteer at a place like this & is always good to give informative info about different species of raptors as well as other birds. There are several places in my area that are dedicated to birds. The most popular bird in the state is "Alice the Great Horned Owl" (rescued) & she is featured at a local nature center. Because of her Great Horned Owls are now protected in Minnesota.

Your bird photo's are always an inspiration. Thanks for sharing this one & congrat's on the calendar.