Fascinating stuff, Tom. Thanks for the update!
I have video of the hawk flying straight toward camera and landing on my daughters gloved hand. I'd post it for you if I could figure out how to do it with out a Youtube channel.Birds freak me the eff out but I admire your work and appreciate the stories. Good stuff!
Not to be weird.... Tom is my hero
That’s not weird at all: Tom is many people’s hero! [emoji2][emoji173]️
Yes. He’s right up there with Aldabraman for a high risk of finding a crazed Brit camped out on his property raving about tortoises (and birds)
Linda, after I read this I looked up White Tailed Sea Eagle: HOLY MOLY!!!!!!! That's a HUGE bird!!!!!!I watched a programme on BBC last night featuring people who flew Golden Eagle and White Tailed Sea Eagle in Scotland. The sea eagle makes an enormous Golden Eagle look small... I guess you need strong arms to hold them!
Watching the Sea Eagle take a salmon from a lake was amazing!
There are falconers in the UK that do this at airports...and Rufus the Harris Hawk that keeps the pigeons away from the Wimbledon tennis courts has celebrity status and his own twitter accountTom, a friend of mine mentioned that she knew of a falconer who made a decent living flying his raptors in airports. He flew them on a regular basis to keep the pigeons and geese away. Something about them causing damage getting sucked into the engines...?
It sounded interesting. Any truth to that?
Tom, a friend of mine mentioned that she knew of a falconer who made a decent living flying his raptors in airports. He flew them on a regular basis to keep the pigeons and geese away. Something about them causing damage getting sucked into the engines...?
It sounded interesting. Any truth to that?
There is truth to birds flying into plane engines. Very dangerous for both plane and bird. Airports usually use animals for removal. O'Hara airport here in Chicago uses goats, sheep, llamas and even a burro to eat down the weeds and grasses which also help to keep the number of birds down. They rent them from someone.Tom, a friend of mine mentioned that she knew of a falconer who made a decent living flying his raptors in airports. He flew them on a regular basis to keep the pigeons and geese away. Something about them causing damage getting sucked into the engines...?
It sounded interesting. Any truth to that?
I'm with you on this one! ! ! !That’s not weird at all: Tom is many people’s hero! [emoji2][emoji173]️
Well, ending on a positive note, like your doing now in your training at home, working her hard for big rewards, when she fails to hunt in the field works, much better on dogs, ending all training on a positive note. I guess it can be applied to all animals.
Glad your getting things worked out so you both can really enjoy your time together.
Btw, that rabbit does look big. I thought it was too big to be one at first.
What is the largest animal they can take down, do you know?