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Front Cover: Glenn Conlan Back Cover: Steve Chindgren n Lighted meter. n External DC power jack. 2 HawkChalk December 2018 ~ North American Falconers Association North American Falconers Association ~ December 2018 HawkChalk 3 CS_R600A_HawkChalk_FullPgClr_ad3_press.indd 1 1/3/17 10:33 AM Officers & Directors In This Issue Officers & Directors 4 NAFA Officers / Staff NAFA Foreign Liaison Southeastern Director Presidents Message 6 Bob Dalton (AL, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NAFA President [email protected] SC, PR, TN, VA, WV) In Remembrance 7 Sheldon Nicolle Richard Shores Canadian Director / Geleynse 10 [email protected] IAF Representative - Canada [email protected] Martin Geleynse South Pacific Director / Boberg 12 NAFA Vice-President [email protected] South Pacific Director American Kestrel / Conservation 14 Martin Geleynse (CA, HI, NV) [email protected] IAF Representative - Mexico Gary Boberg Central Director / Huber 20 Juan Carlos Rojo [email protected] A Couple of Tidbits 22 NAFA Corresponding Secretary [email protected] Donna Vorce NAFA Office of the General Book Review / McNeff 24 [email protected] IAF Representative - USA Ralph Rogers Legal Counsel From the Talons to the Table 26 NAFA Membership Secretary [email protected] Birds of Prey / Losses in Africa 28 Brandi Nickerson General Counsel James H. Maynard, Esq. Michigan Hawking Club 32 [email protected] NAFA Board of Directors [email protected] Mountain Director / Buckley 34 NAFA Treasurer Director At-Large Associate General Counsel Southeast Director / Shores 36 April Davenport-Rice Greg Thomas [email protected] Brian F. Clayton, Esq. Belated Tribute - Ken Mesch 38 [email protected] [email protected] April Davenport-Rice 42 NAFA Journal Editor / HawkChalk Editor Director At-Large Dan Milner Adam Chavez West Virginia Falconry Club 48 [email protected] [email protected] Northeast Director / Kosakowski 50 NAFA Public Information Officer Canadian Director Understanding Waterfowl 52 Deanna Curtis Martin Geleynse Baywing Database 54 [email protected] [email protected] Director At Large / Chavez 58 NAFA Webmaster Central Director Art & Science of Weight Control 60 Fred Fogg (AR, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, OK, TX, We're There When you Need Us [email protected] MEXICO) Minnesota Falconers Assn. 66 Robert Huber The Archives of Falconry 68 NAFA Public Communication Officer [email protected] Bill Boni Ohio Falconry Assn. 70 [email protected] Great Lakes Director New to NAFA 72 (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) NAFA Social Media Team Rich Borquist North Pacific Director / Kellogg 74 Paul Domski [email protected] [email protected] Oklahoma Falconers Assn. 76 Mountain Director Potomac Falconers Assn. 78 Mike 'Doc' Shepard (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY) Director At Large / Thomas 80 [email protected] Jenni Buckley [email protected] Colorado Hawking Club 82 Tyler Slayden [email protected] Northeastern Director ~ and much more (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT) NAFA Online On ALL Devices NAFA Medical Editor Joe Kosakowski www.N-A-F-A.com Patrick T. Redig DVM [email protected] HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND [email protected] FALCONRY SEASON! - Dan Milner North Pacific Director Send your articles, photos and art submissions to: NAFA Sales Representative (AK, OR, WA) [email protected] Cathy B. Tintinger Clifford Kellogg [email protected] 4 HawkChalk December 2018 ~ North American Falconers Association North American Falconers Association ~ December 2018 HawkChalk 5 NAFA President SHELDON NICOLLE [email protected] s the end of the year quickly approaches of North American falconry. I hope to get a chance and another holiday season reaches its to see you there. Aannual crescendo, I wanted to take a minute James H. Frazier 1926-2018 Written by: Paul Mascuch and wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday I continually write about the spirit of our falconry season. I hope you have a chance to spend time family and their willingness to give back to the with your loved ones, whether they be human, sport. It’s never more evident than at a field meet, he falconry community and I personally lost a good furred, or feathered. planned, organized, and executed by volunteers friend with the passing of James H. Frazier on June and fellow falconers. In early October, I watched T21st, 2018 at the age of 91. In the weeks before Jim At the end of December, the director tenures of and enjoyed the efforts of a handful of falconers at passed many falconry friends visited at his home to talk Jennifer Buckley, Gary Boberg, and Martin Geleyense the Saskatchewan Falconry Association's (SFA) 60th birds, dogs, and falconry. Jim was still engaged in these will come to an end. Martin will, of course, remain anniversary annual field meet in the little town of conversations and talked about a new falcon this year, right on as vice president. I want to personally thank Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The SFA meet was also up until the end. Jenny, Gary, and Martin for their faithful pursuit and the NAFA regional meet this year, helping to give dedication to the goals of this organization. They’ve the meet a little more attention. Paddy Thompson, Jim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1926 and served NAFA well, and I’ll miss working with them Gail and Rick Bryne, Larry Going, Nayeem Islam, grew up in the area. He was always interested in the out- so closely. Of course, no one ever really gets away Dale Guthormsen, Martin Geleynse, and few others doors and wildlife. He brought a constant series of birds, with so many ongoing projects and things to do, did an incredible job organizing a fantastic field snakes, turtles, and other wildlife home much to the con- Dr. Pat Redig and Jim Frazier at one of the latest NAFA meets so I expect we’ll be seeing these folks again. New meet. With speakers like Lynn Oliphant, Ed Pitcher, sternation of his mother.