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Have you decided yet on a new eye color for the white griffons? I think light yellow (like on the white dragons) would look FANTASTIC! I would totally have to get the whole family if you made them like that 😀 They would remind me of one of my most favorite hawks, the white/siberian goshawk.
http://www.usaref.org/WhiteGosClose.jpg
http://www.falconry.ca/images/101-0196_IMG.jpgLOL!! NO you don’t, goshawks are flippin’ INSANE. Even most falconers won’t fly a gos… 😉
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My art: featherdust.comOh, what a pretty hawk. He does look like he’s got a little twisted mean streak in his eyes though! 😆
Nam, what falconers have you been talking to?? lol. Goshawks are probably one of the most sought-after acipiters (short-winged hawks) in the North American hawking world. Properly imprimted/raised, they are wonderful birds. Much easier than other accipiters, like Coopers hawks (shudders). Our Coopers hawk, Moose, now HE is insane. 😯 Gos’s were always one of my favorites, although I was just a kid back when we last had and flew Gos’s. They fly great in a forest setting. Our Gos Jesse (now desceased) was a very sweet girl, loved to “talk” to us. I grew up with her. I should show you some pics if I can find them! Timber was our last Gos. Named Timber because he was always falling off his branch as a youngster.
Acipiters in general are more high-strung than other types of hawks, but Gos’s really aren’t that bad raised right.
Nambroth wrote:LOL!! NO you don’t, goshawks are flippin’ INSANE. Even most falconers won’t fly a gos… 😉
Insane… 😯
we’d prolly get along just fine then….. 😈
frozendragon wrote:Nambroth wrote:LOL!! NO you don’t, goshawks are flippin’ INSANE. Even most falconers won’t fly a gos… 😉
Insane… 😯
we’d prolly get along just fine then….. 😈
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Predatory birds are amazing, once a hawk caught a starling in our yard and I walked right up to it. He/she just stared at me like i was a bug for around 6 minutes, I just stood and stared as he gave the occasional squeeze with his talons to the screaming starling, until he eventually got bored of staring at me and flew off carrying a bird half his size. 😯 It was a neat experience. 🙂 Perhaps the most beautiful animal I’ve ever seen.
If they did put another color of eyes in the white griffins I’d vote for a brilliant yellow with citrine necklace accents. 🙂 Alot of predatory birds have brilliant yellow eyes.
purplecat wrote:Predatory birds are amazing, once a hawk caught a starling in our yard and I walked right up to it. He/she just stared at me like i was a bug for around 6 minutes, I just stood and stared as he gave the occasional squeeze with his talons to the screaming starling, until he eventually got bored of staring at me and flew off carrying a bird half his size. 😯 It was a neat experience. 🙂 Perhaps the most beautiful animal I’ve ever seen.
That’s neat.
I agree with Pam. Yellow eyes would be lovely.The only predatory birds that let me get near them around here are owls. I love owls, so it works for me 🙂 They just don’t seem to care how close I get to them. …most of the animals around here are like that. The wild bovines and horses are the only animals that like the keep their distance (even if one cow likes to come into our yard when she gets over the fence *takes photos*). But the owls, bobcats, coyotes and javelina don’t mind. I haven’t seen a mountain lion in awhile…
I agree. The straw eyes would look nice in a white gryphon. Specially seeing those photos Pam posted. Love that first picture. Don’t know if I would buy one though. I don’t like the white coloration (boring), but maybe if it had light browns in it, I’d like it. Like the first photo Pam posted. If the gryphons had a sort of coloration like that hawk, then I’d be all over him!
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