Workshop and Tour Leaders

Karen Cottrel

Falconer

Workshops:

Karen Cottrel has been a Falconer for 41 yrs.� When she met her husband, Larry, he was interested in Falconry.� Karen says, "Just being around when he got his first bird was fun and interesting." Karen and Larry have shared an interest in Falconry throughout their entire marriage.

Karen� has flown both hawks and falcons. Her current bird, a peregrine named "Stink", has been with her� for 4 years since its birth.� "Stink" is the female baby of a male peregine Karen received� from a friend.� Karen used artificial insemination with Larry's female peregrine who then incubated the eggs, hatched and raised Stink to 27 days old. Karen and her husband brought Stink� inside and she has been a part of the family since then. Stink likes and tolerates their dogs.�� Stink got her name as a baby playing in the playpen.� After she fledged, she was still playful.� Karen says, "The breeding of birds was an extension of having birds to fly. We could trap a bird from the wild, but to have certain birds, you had to get them from breeders, so we raised our own."

Karen has� been a resident of the Klamath area for 36 years and has been breeding raptors� for 24 yrs. She has helped train 7 apprentices. � She and Ron Richter have been teaching classes about Falconry for 3� years.