"Bonnie"

The female peregrine shown on this photo is "Bonnie", a daughter of my peales tiercel "Joeson" and a huge female Scottish peregrine. "Bonnie" is an imprint bred by me in 2005. Last year she surprised me with 6 eggs at the age of two years! I am not used that such big peregrines lay before their third or fourth year! Unfortunately she did not stand to copulation and I did not want to catch and force her. This year she is very hostile, too. Somewhere I made a mistake in imprinting this bird. She is nasty and I have already plenty of scars from her.
I flew "Bonnie" in 2005. The weight of her first free flight was exactly 1000 grams. I flew her up to 1170 grams. Now in the pen she weighs 1250 during summer and 1350 to 1400 grams in December and January. She is some kind of monster peregrine. Shoulder to tail: 39,5 cm ; Breast: 42,5 cm. She is a really broad shouldered and stocky bird. I can only hope that she will accept copulation in the near future!