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My Bio
I am a chronic student with an insatiable curiosity concerning the natural sciences.
Favourite Visual Artist
Andrew Ellis, Edward Lear
Favourite Movies
How to train your dragon
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Disturbed
Favourite Writers
Oscar Wilde
Favourite Games
Playfighting!
Favourite Gaming Platform
You mustn't wear platforms when you're playfighting...
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Inktense, Prismacolor and watersoluble graphite
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Zoology:arachnology, falconry
Back again
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Ha ha again I haven't updated my journal in years...haven't uploaded anything either! If Facebook didn't exist, I probably would upload things here, but it does and I do it there instead. I get a lot more comments there. DeviantART seems to be more for people who are into cartoon wolves, cats or naked women! Not that that is a bad thing, but not really my style.
Anyways, I'm back in NZ - like a bad penny! This time I am doing my masters on the endangered endemic katipo spider - I had a lot of fun with falcons and they're great to work with, but right now although they need help, they are getting it. The inverts REALLY aren't. As much as peop
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Sorry, I've been out!
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Just realised my journal still says I'm in New Zealand a year after I've returned. The truth is I'm not much on DA any more - I haven't been updating stuff really, mostly because there doesn't seem to be any point posting stuff unless you have an enormous fan base, which I can't be bothered getting and don't really want. I'm not an artist - I'm a zoologist and while I enjoy getting critique for my wee doodles and photos, going to the effort of posting stuff just to have some random person favouriting it without leaving a comment and another couple of people saying "Cool" or "Are these birds yours?" isn't really progress. I want to be able to
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Down Under
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I'm in New Zealand for a few months, it's pretty wet and windy here! I'm as happy as I was at the falcon farm which is awesome. Unfortunately I have to go back to uni in September.
At the moment I'm finishing off a black sparrowhawk drawing, then I will move on to drawing some native wildlife...in particular kea parrots which are my favourite non-hawk birds here so far.
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HIYA i haven't talked to ya in such along time.. how are you? any jess making tips i still cant get/find a sharp enough knife, besides the knife always slips and i seem to cut my self, i guess its a learnig prosess any way i might take flying lessons this summer but probably not...and do you have more art on the way for us to see? nice talking to you
Hi, try a Stanley knife or other craft knife or even a scalpel. You will have to use a chopping board. You shouldn't have to use much pressure. What leather are you using? It is easy to make jesses if you have the right stuff. Kangaroo is best. Be sure to check which way it stretches - you don't want stretchy jesses. There are plenty of threads on the falconry forum concerning jess making. It is a learning process but it's important to get it right. However, remember that dodgy jesses aren't half so bad as a dodgy swivel or leash.
Try to get out with someone to hunt with their hawk. Offer to help them - hold ferrets, beat bushes, run around, carry equipment, anything. They should be glad for the help. If you're useful they might teach you in return! Summer isn't great for learning hawking since anyone worth their salt will put hawks up to moult in the summer.
I'm working on a weevil drawing, however I never really do much any more, being so busy!
Try to get out with someone to hunt with their hawk. Offer to help them - hold ferrets, beat bushes, run around, carry equipment, anything. They should be glad for the help. If you're useful they might teach you in return! Summer isn't great for learning hawking since anyone worth their salt will put hawks up to moult in the summer.
I'm working on a weevil drawing, however I never really do much any more, being so busy!
thank you soo soooo much!
I've just been reading an old thread on the IFF, about a buzzard called Dusk who suffered with chronic bumblefoot in the possession of a new carer (by BeetleBasher). I just thought, I swear there was buzzard called Dusk on dA at one point. A quick search brought me back to your page- No wonder I remembered Dusk, I used to drop in here quite a bit. Was this your Dusk, and if it was how is she doing these days? 
If it was Dusk then I hope all is well with her and her carer now and the bumblefoot caused no further agony for any of you. Sorry if it's actually some other buzzard called Dusk, the name just rang a bell. 
If it was Dusk then I hope all is well with her and her carer now and the bumblefoot caused no further agony for any of you. Sorry if it's actually some other buzzard called Dusk, the name just rang a bell. 
Yes that is indeed about Dusk! Well she's pretty much out of my hands these days as I live in New Zealand and she is in England, but I am told her bumblefoot has reduced to the point where only one foot scabs and it's only a tiny scab that keeps falling off and growing back smaller. It's taken long enough though! I miss Dusk, I will see her when I go back there.Wooo, that's awesome! And great news about Dusk, I bet you are really looking forward to seeing her again. It's always hard when you have to face up to the possibility of loosing a bird, but reading your thread I found it remarkable. It's saved to my favourites for reference too. I'm thinking of using aloe vera as a daily treatment of the feet when I clean them, but I might just use plain warm water. I think it's a great idea to stimulate the blood flow and prevention is always easier than cure! Our perching is going to be good and varied too, and cleanliness is going to be paramount... It's my obsession!