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Vultures, vampires and a saint called Valentine.
Honestly, I don’t even know where to begin on this one. I suppose it started back in February with a guy who I did not even know, clicking the “enter” button after placing an advert on the web. But then … Continue reading
When Birds Ate Us.
Not so long ago, well a few millions years ago, there was a bird that was the absolute master of its world. Today we consider the eagle to be the ultimate predator and top of the food chain, and rightly … Continue reading
Alice- A female Sparrowhawk
As I am writing this I am also looking out the window at Alice in her aviary, sitting as usual next to her mate in an open fronted pen, surveying as only a queen can, over what she knows to be her territory. She is nine years old this year, and looks out over the scratching chickens and watches the children and dogs play with disinterest. Further along the row of aviaries are other hawks and falcons I have hunted with over the same distant hills and fields, but none of them can claim to own the view as she can. Continue reading
The burden of weight
When I was a beginner I knew everything. Now as I learn more about falconry I realise just how little I do know. Falconry, I read, had not changed in thousands of years. I enjoyed reading about the different aspects … Continue reading
Lamping
“Lamping!” “You don’t do that, do you?’’ I once sat at a table with some well known British falconers, purists from ‘Ye Olde Scool of Fauconrie’- you know the type, when I happened to mention that my female Redtail was … Continue reading
A good beginner’s bird
‘Hello, my name is …………, I want to get into falconry and I was half thinking of getting a ……. (in this space put anything from a bat falcon to a lammergeyer), but, the only birds available seem to be … Continue reading