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ME AND AMBER (MY AMERICAN RED TAIL)  DOING A BIT OF MANNING AND A PHOTO SHOOT.

HELLO I AM BRIAN AND WELCOME TO MY FALCONRY PAGE. I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN FALCONRY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, BUT ABOUT 1 1/2 YEAR AGO I WENT TO OUR LOCAL SAFARI PARK AND WATCHED A FALCONRY DISPLAY, AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE I WONDERED WHY DON'T THE BIRDS FLY AWAY. SO I HAD TO FIND OUT MORE AND THAT WAS THAT I WAS HOOKED AND I HAD TO FIND OUT AS MUCH AS I COULD. THIS IS WHERE I MET MY FRIEND KENNY, THERE WERE FALCONRY LESSONS ON A MONDAY NIGHT  WITH ALISTAIR GREY THE HEAD FALCONER AT THE SAFARI PARK. I WAS ABLE TO CHAT TO THE OTHER GUYS THERE ABOUT THE BIRDS, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WORDS LIKE ENTER,YARAK,TIERCEL AND ALYMERIS BUT AFTER A FEW LESSONS I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE HELP OF KENNY WHO I THINK IS A NATURAL IN THE ART OF FALCONRY, WHEN TALKING TO HIM YOU WOULD THINK HE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. I WENT ON MANY HAWK WALKS WITH HIM AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LEARNING MORE AND MORE. I ALSO WENT TO OTHER FALCONRY CENTERS AND FOUND OUT MORE AND 7 OR 8 MONTHS AGO I GOT MY FIRST BIRD. BREEZE A FEMALE HARRIS HAWK, A SUPERIOR HARRIS HAWK AND A BIG BIRD FLYING AT 1LB 15 1/4 IN THE SUMMER AND OVER 2LB IN THE WINTER. THE WEIGHT VARIES BETWEEN SEASONS.

SUNDAY MORNING OUT ON THE MOORS WITH BREEZE, A GREAT HOBBY WITH GREAT VIEWS.

I HOPE YOU WILL FIND SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCES A HELP AND A GUIDE TO YOU. I HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT  AN AMERICAN RED TAIL HAWK CALLED AMBER, SHE IS 5 YEARS OLD AND SHE HAS BEEN A DISPLAY BIRD SO I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAINING HER UP AND ALOT OF MANNING AND TIME WILL HAVE TO BE SPENT ON HER FOR SHE HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH HER MOULT AND AS YOU CAN SEE SHE IS LOOKING GOOD. HER WEIGHT IS 3LB 41/2 OZ, A REALLY BIG POWERFUL BIRD BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE A RED TAIL AND HARRIS OUT TOGETHER AS THEY WOULD FIGHT. BUT YOU CAN TAKE 2 OR 3 HARRIS OUT TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE IN THE WILD THEY LIVE AND HUNT IN A PACK,THEY MAY SQUABBLE OVER A PERCH OR TREE BRANCH.

THIS IS ME AWAY TO COLLECT BREEZE JUST TO THE RIGHT AND BELOW THE BUSH AT THE RIGHT OF MY HEAD. SHE BEGAN TO ACT UP WHEN HORSES CAME DOWN FROM THE HILL. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE SHE IS A SMALL BLACK  DOT, YOU MAY NEED A MAGNIFY GLASS. ANYWAY WHEN I GOT THERE SHE FLEW DOWN, WOULD YOU CREDIT IT. WHAT A WAY TO KEEP FIT. AT LEAST I GAVE KENNY A GOOD LAUGH. THE ONE WHO TOOK THIS PIC, MAYBE JUST TO RUB IT IN THAT NOT ALL SUPERIOR ARE THE BEST AS HE STOOD THERE WITH HANNIBAL ON HIS FIST. ONE THING IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR IT.

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