I'm a bird of prey maniac too. I know Hawksport is as well. What do you keep?

I don't own any I don't know nearly enough about them to do so but they're beautiful and amazing to watch flying

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I have a saker a harris and a barn owl that are pictured above but my daughter has Eagle owls, buzzards, kestrels and various falcons.She owns a small bird of prey center that i help her with.

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my saker and my daughter with an owl

Nice pics again. I thought it was your daughter that owned the center.

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Hi, I have been toying with the idea of owning a Harris Hawk or some sort of small hunting bird for some time now. I was quite amazed how much dedication it takes to correctly hunt with hawks/owls etc after visiting a bird of prey centre up in Scotland earlier this year. I went through the introduction, flight demonstrations etc then onto the 'nitty gritty' (ie. NEVER over feed your bird of prey, weigh it before you go out to fly it and fly it when it is hungry to ensure that it comes back to you!)

.....I decided to leave it for a while until I had more time to dedicate to the subject properly.

I am still avidly interested though, the birds were awesome and I would so like to be able to pursue this interest when the time is right.

There have been several birds lost in my area this year due to owners being mis-informed or mis-guided in the dedication this sport/passtime requires. Having been with experts in the field it has made me step back and think a little before going further at this stage

Would love to hear from some other fans

As well as weighing the bird you also need to weigh it's food and know what a given weight of different foods in diiferent weather conditions will do to the birds weight. For example if a hawk is flown early September and fed 1oz of mouse or rat it could be back to the the same weight the next day. The same hawk flown in January could be fed 6oz of rabbit and be back to the same weight the next day.
Another thing about weight is a hawk that is too high will show a lot the same behaviour as a hawk that is too low, so you also need to know how to feel its keel and gauge its condition from that.

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