More tips for keeping and flying harris’ hawks and others . Aggression, wingtip oedema prevention , how to release talon grip in an emergency and why to cope beaks …
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy hopefully I will never need to do with my terriers , but would never have known that bud , thank you again , keep up great vids . And knowledge
Love thise videos and i always learn something, like how honest you are about mistakes etc you have made... Most people on social media make out they have never made mistakes, keep them coming very good educational videos
Great video Dave the tip of straightening the birds leg to loosen their grip is one that I haven’t hear before and seem way easy the pulling the toes out individually
Excellent video again Dave. Your honesty and candour with regards to mistakes made is very refreshing. Lets face it we have all made mistakes, however, we never like to admit to them. Which is a shame as so much can be learnt and passed on from them. As someone else has posted, complacency is something to guard against, it has caught me out a few times over the years. Great work Dave.
True ; I always think if someone can learn from my mistakes that’s good by me , yes a lot of egos seemingly don’t make mistakes but at the end of the day we all do for sure
We hope your injury heals well, that certainly made me think, you have a personal nurse so you'll be ok . I experienced twice the power and the lightning speed of the talon last season, picking up dropped pieces of food ,as I replaced it back to my glove the hawk footed my thumb, his talons with ease went to the bone, squeezing deeper as he eat, only when he had eaten the chicken did he release, this happened twice before I learnt, lol. Always good to listen to experience, that's why your advice is gold I'm in a situation with the beak on mine, I do hood and snip the end on occasions, then give him a long rabbit bone stripped of meat knore on , this has helped but soon I will need to attempt a little reshaping I'm sure. Always a pleasure, good luck.
Many thanks Dave for re- emphasising these tips 👍 It's something that is often forgotten as we become to should I say 'familiar and often complacent ' in what we do with our birds. Sometimes a video like this helps to make us think again and put back some thought. Keep up the amazing work and I hope to pop over to Icarous falconry Centre soon. As I'm only down the road. ( well a a bit of a walk as no buses go near there from Northampton)
I worked with guard dogs for a bit... one of them liked to 'play catch' with a stone, or a stick, throwing it back to you... I noticed, one evening, that the dog stopped looking at the stone, and started following my hand... Hmmmm... no more play! Bodx language... sounds like that Hawk looking at you in a special way!
Fair play on owning up to getting caught by the Harris. So easy to forget just how much damage any BOP can do. Seen many people moaning about Harris hawks getting aggressive around the mews/loft. 99% is food related.
personally I've only had aggression issue with one bird and that was a passage redtail which I ended up releasing back to wild after 2 years instead of the 5 years I had planned on. learning to read your hawk is perhaps one of the most over looked falconry skills out there. Easier when you only keep one bird at a time. Though I might have to pick up a second bird to go with my harris , as you say they are social and pack birds and I'm told they should be kept as such.
A quick question about feeding when the hawk comes to your call? Is it necessary, or even advisable, to feed it each and every time it comes to the glove? It seems like it could be seen by the bird as 'reward' for just sitting in a tree? About beak 'self-trimming': I'm guessing that, in nature, the birds are biting into bones and tendons, even feathers, while they probably get mostly 'meat' when being fed in captivity?? Thanks for always-interesting videos!
You’ll notice the bird doenst get food on every recall and for sure they eat much tougher food in the wild and also often feak on branches and rocks which sharpens their beaks as they do so . Thankyou
Would you be able to make a video on how you cast your hawk? I have a casting jacket but how would you get her from on the glove to controlling her feet and wrapping her up?
To be honest I’m lucky that I have someone to help me a lot if the time so usually use a towel . When I’ve used a casting jacket I also got another person most of the time . I’ll look into that video soon
I fly my Harris at the weeked and twice in the week lamping. The days I can’t fly her I weigh her, take her back to the mews and let go of her to some chicks on her shelf. What is the best way to feed her on the non flying days? At the weekend I fly her with 1-3 extra people and different each time. Shall I not worry about her becoming aggressive to others?
Hi your videos are brilliant i’ve flown Harris hawks for years I had a three or four-year-old female I bought last year hunts like a Diemond getting her out of the Avery this time she is very very aggressive with me and actually nailed me in the arm she repeatedly does her aggressive stance and she would love to nail me in the face and she was stuck on my arm for about 10 minutes I had to trade her off with a chick and luckily she released fine to get the chick But how do I go about trying to get her less aggressive
Get her out away from mews, weathering area, garden , don’t do any feeding here . And get her down to some sort of flying weight . And mind your eyes . Get her back killing stuff asap
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy brilliant thank you I live on a farm so should I just go out to a Field nearby or should I go further out and I have got her flying on the line she can be let go really but it’s just the aggression. Sorry to be a pain 🤦
They don’t really seem to use it on purpose but on those lines if they had a sandstone rock in there that they are on then after eating they’d feak on it and naturally wear the beaks down , and they do if fed hard food too
coping George's beak is my job this week. Thanks for this video and the time you showed me how on George a few years ago. Forever grateful.
Enjoy that bless him!
Great tips . Especially emergency leg straightening thanks dave
Cheers!
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy hopefully I will never need to do with my terriers , but would never have known that bud , thank you again , keep up great vids . And knowledge
Hehe; just incase hehehe
Love thise videos and i always learn something, like how honest you are about mistakes etc you have made... Most people on social media make out they have never made mistakes, keep them coming very good educational videos
True! If someone else learns from my eff ups all the better I say !
Great video Dave the tip of straightening the birds leg to loosen their grip is one that I haven’t hear before and seem way easy the pulling the toes out individually
Excellent video again Dave. Your honesty and candour with regards to mistakes made is very refreshing. Lets face it we have all made mistakes, however, we never like to admit to them. Which is a shame as so much can be learnt and passed on from them. As someone else has posted, complacency is something to guard against, it has caught me out a few times over the years. Great work Dave.
True ; I always think if someone can learn from my mistakes that’s good by me , yes a lot of egos seemingly don’t make mistakes but at the end of the day we all do for sure
We hope your injury heals well, that certainly made me think, you have a personal nurse so you'll be ok .
I experienced twice the power and the lightning speed of the talon last season, picking up dropped pieces of food ,as I replaced it back to my glove the hawk footed my thumb, his talons with ease went to the bone, squeezing deeper as he eat, only when he had eaten the chicken did he release, this happened twice before I learnt, lol.
Always good to listen to experience, that's why your advice is gold I'm in a situation with the beak on mine, I do hood and snip the end on occasions, then give him a long rabbit bone stripped of meat knore on , this has helped but soon I will need to attempt a little reshaping I'm sure.
Always a pleasure, good luck.
Very good information as always 👌
Many thanks Dave for re- emphasising these tips 👍
It's something that is often forgotten as we become to should I say 'familiar and often complacent ' in what we do with our birds.
Sometimes a video like this helps to make us think again and put back some thought.
Keep up the amazing work and I hope to pop over to Icarous falconry Centre soon. As I'm only down the road. ( well a a bit of a walk as no buses go near there from Northampton)
Yes it’s out in the socks a bit ! Amazing how many licalish people don’t know it’s even here
I worked with guard dogs for a bit... one of them liked to 'play catch' with a stone, or a stick, throwing it back to you... I noticed, one evening, that the dog stopped looking at the stone, and started following my hand... Hmmmm... no more play! Bodx language... sounds like that Hawk looking at you in a special way!
Fair play on owning up to getting caught by the Harris. So easy to forget just how much damage any BOP can do. Seen many people moaning about Harris hawks getting aggressive around the mews/loft. 99% is food related.
Deffo
The pigeons use the flat roof for beak trimming and budgies use cuttlefish
Yes I bet ,
Less hassle for you coping all those little beaks too hehe
personally I've only had aggression issue with one bird and that was a passage redtail which I ended up releasing back to wild after 2 years instead of the 5 years I had planned on. learning to read your hawk is perhaps one of the most over looked falconry skills out there. Easier when you only keep one bird at a time. Though I might have to pick up a second bird to go with my harris , as you say they are social and pack birds and I'm told they should be kept as such.
A quick question about feeding when the hawk comes to your call? Is it necessary, or even advisable, to feed it each and every time it comes to the glove? It seems like it could be seen by the bird as 'reward' for just sitting in a tree?
About beak 'self-trimming': I'm guessing that, in nature, the birds are biting into bones and tendons, even feathers, while they probably get mostly 'meat' when being fed in captivity??
Thanks for always-interesting videos!
You’ll notice the bird doenst get food on every recall and for sure they eat much tougher food in the wild and also often feak on branches and rocks which sharpens their beaks as they do so . Thankyou
Thanks Dave!
Brilliant video as always Dave. Quick question, at what age do harris hawks breed successfully please ?
You’ll probably find some have bred at a year old! But I’d wait until they’re three or four onwards
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy Sorry Dave, What i meant was how old do they breed up to, as in would a 14 year old be too old ? My bad
Would you be able to make a video on how you cast your hawk? I have a casting jacket but how would you get her from on the glove to controlling her feet and wrapping her up?
To be honest I’m lucky that I have someone to help me a lot if the time so usually use a towel . When I’ve used a casting jacket I also got another person most of the time .
I’ll look into that video soon
Спасибо большое за ваш труд!!
It won’t translate for me !
I fly my Harris at the weeked and twice in the week lamping. The days I can’t fly her I weigh her, take her back to the mews and let go of her to some chicks on her shelf. What is the best way to feed her on the non flying days? At the weekend I fly her with 1-3 extra people and different each time. Shall I not worry about her becoming aggressive to others?
You should be ok with the above tbh
Hi your videos are brilliant i’ve flown Harris hawks for years I had a three or four-year-old female I bought last year hunts like a Diemond getting her out of the Avery this time she is very very aggressive with me and actually nailed me in the arm she repeatedly does her aggressive stance and she would love to nail me in the face and she was stuck on my arm for about 10 minutes I had to trade her off with a chick and luckily she released fine to get the chick But how do I go about trying to get her less aggressive
Get her out away from mews, weathering area, garden , don’t do any feeding here .
And get her down to some sort of flying weight .
And mind your eyes . Get her back killing stuff asap
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy brilliant thank you I live on a farm so should I just go out to a Field nearby or should I go further out and I have got her flying on the line she can be let go really but it’s just the aggression. Sorry to be a pain 🤦
@Mark-wr3vz just away from where she weathers etc ,
Away from immediate surroundings so to speak
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy Excellent thank you
Cuttlefish for beak left in cage ?
They don’t really seem to use it on purpose but on those lines if they had a sandstone rock in there that they are on then after eating they’d feak on it and naturally wear the beaks down , and they do if fed hard food too