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Tom Hudson
Tom to me was the biggest asset to me when I started falconry in the late 60’s. Back then falconers and books about falconry were far and few between. I met Tom one night at an A&W in Concord Calif. I was working inside and Tom drove in an old Ford station wagon with all the windows painted black with bars scratched on them. Through the windshield looking in I could see a bird perched in the back. I went outside and introduced myself , that was the beginning of a life long friendship. Up to that time my falconry was mostly bird handling and when I tried to fly them they would come back but only when they wanted to. That’s because all of the birds were imprints that had been taken from a nest.
Tom was a fairly outgoing person; you either liked him or disliked him right away. Tom was drummer in a band that played mostly in San Francisco he would go to the city in his Ford station wagon or when funds were low, ride over to the city on a Honda motorcycle with a wood box strapped to the back. (This was probably one of the first giant hoods) he would take his goshawk Jezebel “Jess “for short. He had this bird up to just before he passed away. He flew many other birds but, Jess was his favorite. He had a few wives but his biggest love was his Goshawk Jess. He was a very colorful person, but to those who got to know him really liked him. I knew Tom as a drummer in a band on the strip in San Francisco, as a man that really like his wines the, cheaper the better. I knew three of his wives, but don’t know if that was all of them. I never knew how old he was or where he was born. I know he passed away in Idaho after a stroke. He was a great falconer and a real friend to me. That’s why I feel he deserves his name on the wall.
Walter Imfeld III
Donations for Tom Hudson: Walter Imfeld III, California Hawking Club and Bob Herrick
