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A really ghood presentation This. I would, however, encourage you to look up the meaning of "bouancy". Either that or, if you choose to continue using that word, perhaps tell us how much water each bird displaces.

Pretty boy how much does he weigh

wow fantastic insight. thank you .this is pure gold. practical and common sense.

Met dave and his wife today and roxy mark and ann wating for operation great day thx to you and your team

Always hood train my birds, dont care what " experienced" falconers say, hooding my birds has got me out of so many sticky situations.

One thing I just remembered to mention about how loud bald eagles are... on the level of all the raptors I've worked with save striated caracaras they are one of the few raptors that are on the same sound level as a parrot. Video audio does not do it justice, they can make your ears ring and ache when they get going.

Enjoyed this insight, cheers, all very lovely.

My wife and I seen a sparrowhawk land with prey in it's claws on the lawn in our garden,here in Scotland,it was so cool!👌out of all the birds of prey that I have seen in the wild,the sparrowhawks are my favourite,,,and I'm honestly thinking of getting one!😆is a sparrowhawk a good bird to start with?

Thanks for the video Dave, very informative. Definitely a cool species but something very easy to mess up.

Hi Dave I’ve got a year old Harris sold to me as not vocal and she is a little bit but it’s not and exited for food scream it’s a get away from me I’m thinking it’s just coz we haven’t fully flown and yet to bond I hope what do u think

You sound like Ricky Gervais bro!😂

Sorry for your loss Dave. I pray you will in time get a good replacement

I know that I'm WAY late, but I originally subbed for the snake content and had NO IDEA about your other channels. I clicked the link to the snake channel and received a notification that the page no longer existed. Did you nix your snake content completely? Or did you change the name/location of the channel? I would much appreciate a link if you still maintain such a channel because I loved your snake content.

Honestly everything you've said about bald eagles is so similar to parrots, especially african greys, they're so neophobic its unreal. I guess something about their lifestyle has selected for it? It clearly keeps them alive in the wild. Interestingly, you also have to be aware of parrot beaks at all times too, they can rip a finger off or break it in half if you're not careful! ETA: Apparent the Milvus kites are p closely related to the sea eagle family and the one I worked with and others I've heard about have been extremely neophobic and nervous. My attitude to hoods changed the moment I understood what their purpose was, I'm autistic and loud noises and busy enviroments can overstimulate me. No one minds when I put on headphones. Their eyes are just so powerful that it really is the best option, we can't change the world around them or their completely reasonable reactions to being overwhelmed. I love hoods!!! To be honest, I think eagles are my future, I'm not going to jump into them but every eagle I've worked with has just clicked with me, even when they're difficult. I'm starting out with a HH (for pest control too) but I kind of think my falconry niche is going to be eagles eventually 😅 I think I prefer the Aquilas to the fish eagles, just from the experience I've had. My absolute dream of dreams is to fly a female golden on roe deer, but who knows if that'll ever happen! It's good to have ambitions so I'm not squashing them just yet.

Not sure who would have enough skills to hunt with them. Looking at the way goldens are flown for hunting anything other than from soar / waiting on or at least from trees is laughable. Balds would do a better job off the fist for sure than a GE. Just my opinion anyway.

Wonderful video, learned a great deal about bird psychology and how to manage difficult birds. Bald Eagles have a difficult temperament and can be bullies and as you explain this is because of their social behaviour having to squabble over food. However why are they so nervous and neophobic?

Rod hulls emu comparison cracked me up. Brilliant Dave.

Amazing video. Thank u

Dave you are a treasure trove of falconry knowledge and experience

Thank you for this video. We got a 2 years old Harris Hawk that had never been hunting before. He is good at freeflying, a very nice well mannered bird. He is intelligent and this is a problem. He is chasing rabbits pulled on the string ( (I am getting them with an air rifle)but completely ignoring the real ones that are actually running. He is intelligent enough to recognise the line the rabbit will be towed and becoming agitated as if he knows that the ''towing game'' is about to begin. Will this be possible to train him to hunt?

what do you use to make your falconry perches bounce like in the back ground next to this eagle?

We had a few of these idiots killing hares with hook beaks near my neck of the woods.Unfortunately for them they forgot to conceal their vehicles and had a very long and expensive day out.

Obviously people who have very sad lives. To think that in this day and age you have such primitive people seems unbelievable.

Trying to tame a sparrowhawk is like trying to befriend a polar bear. Some things are meant to be forever wild.

Sometimes we give up so .much for our Families and Jobs that we loose contact with ourselves and the things we loved before we took on responsibilities. I myself am making a serious effort this year to spend more time on myself and my hobbies, feathered Birds and Motorbikes. I think if we are happy in ourselves then we are more likely to to be better at working on our responsibilities.

Tethered eagle owls are used by gamekeepers on the yorkshire moors to bait in other raptors which mob them, I'll leave the rest up to you. That's where the ones in Yorkshire came from.

Fantastic video, my personal favourite is The Alpine newt, the males are blue /purple, absolutely stunning creatures. I've bred smooth newts successfully on and off for many years now from an early age.

Once again fantastic video, Dave. For years I hunted crows, with longwings and goshawks, whilst also training crows & ravens for TV and film work. I get totally where you are coming from with this video. I once slipped a young gyrxperegrine at a local crow, one that I saw daily, the gyrxperegrine was at the very start of his career, and it was an easy slip, and defo not sporting. For years after that crows partner gave me grief every time she saw me, and didn't take another mate for 3 springs. It took a few months to click why this random crow was giving me shit every time I appeared, but once it did, I never slipped another falcon on that bit of land, the guilt at her/his grief or anger made me realise that they weren't just crows, but they had a life outside of the scope of requirements that I'd imposed upon them.

Brutal Planet 💚

I know each individual bird is different, but In your experience how long did it take your sparrow hawk from hatching to hard penned?

I REALLY resonate with this... Kind regards from Mexico!

Do you mind uploading how do you train a new partner from the beginning?

I'm not hunting yet, but I was into parrots and corvids before I got into falconry and realised that what I wanted was to hunt and form a hunting partnership with a bird of prey. I like to befriend wild corvids and I do worry about what will change when I get a raptor eventually. They're the one prey species I really don't want to hunt, but I might one day - love and respect for the quarry is everything, and the flights corvids can give are just as incredible as any raptor's! We are apex predators and part of the ecosystem too, and we are also the only apex predators who are aware of that balance. Hunting is in our blood! I also feel as if falconry allows us to bring kindness to a natural hunt, dispatching the prey fast and painlessly so it doesn't have to experience the agony of being eaten alive. Of course, I'm still a novice, but I've had about a year of research and listening and observation and I'm trying to go into my first hunt with the right attitude and ethics. I think I probably will hunt corvids one day, because I love them, and because raptors hunt and eat crows even with no humans present. But that's a long way off!

One of the hardest parts of falconry for me, but life needs life to survive. Most peaple who see their food in supermarkets have disconnected from an ancient sense, to be a falconer should wake you up to these deep hunter gatherer ways that have been mechanised by modern farming. It also give us a respect for just how nature works, a balance that evolution has weighed up, something that we cant see in the moment. I love nature and I try to reason as my hawks feeds, as you say the hawks or predators have no such thoughts. Lovely food for thought in this video.

Very wise words Dave. As Falconers, hunters, whatever , we owe it to our quarry and indeed ourselves and our sport to have an ethical and sensible attitude towards our treatment and attitude towards those animals we hunt.

I agree with everything your saying a love of one’s quarry is essential, from rabbit to crow I admire them all.

Dont think they like the idea with the lost hhs breeding with the wild buzzards

Goshawk? Or an eagle ,harris hawk hybrid?

Great messages!

When I volunteered, it was the rescued kestrels . Yet I actually liked them otherwise .

Fantstic

Great reminders, thanks

Look at the size of those murder mitts.

Looking forward to see your new flying partner, looks like you got some interesting times ahead.

Looking forward to this weekend, all very lovely see you soon.

Requesting more species introduction videos 🙏

Any tips for manning a sparrowhawk? I’ve had my female nearly 2 weeks and she’s still nervous and opens her mouth on my approach. Is this normal? She’s just started flying, she’s about 33 days old. Feeds well off the glove and the lure without mantling. I don’t know if it takes time for them to come round or this is just how they are coz I know accipiters are known for being somewhat erratic.

Thanks so much for the shoutout at the end Dave! Much appreciated 👍 Exciting about your new bird!

Excellent stuff, Dave. Couldn't agree more with you! Cheers, Adam Hardy

Thanks for the plug mate .....looking forward to that "secret bird" almost as much as if it were going to be mine.