bonellies eagle

[Joey]

a friend wanted to know does anybody breed bonellies (if thats how u spell it). a friend just want one hes been out with a few but he said he just like them and can anybody help


cheers joe

[Talon]

hope your friends got a big wallet..

wouldnt he be best asking the ppl he was out flying them with.
who they got theres off.?

[HawkingGib]

Ask your friend I want to know too, who he saw / has been with that was flying bonelli's eagle??

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Rocking horse pooh at the moment. There are a couple of people trying to breed them. Young will no doubt be retained and put back into pairs so you have little chance. I know of one for sale at the mo but I doubt youd want to pay the £12,0000 asking price.

[HawkingGib]

£120000 or £12000.. anyway fyi - we re-introduced a female bonelli's into the wild locally at Gibraltar two years ago.. most of these hawk eagle breeders will not sell and will be captive breeding for conservation..

Rgds

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Not the case ineurope and UK people are trying to breed them to up the numbers in captivity. Therefore making them more available for falconry purposes.

[HawkingGib]

Good to hear.. My colleague used to fly them locally years back and he says they are BEAUTIFUL.. If you know of anyone that fly's them let me know..

Rgds

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

I do but this is not the place to be naming them.

[HawkingGib]

Fair enough!!

[Talon]

seen one on tv .being flown some were in north wales.if im not mistaken terry large was there too.im sure it belonged to some one from belguim or holland.
very fast of the fist .they refferd to it as like flying a very large gos. it was a stunning looking bird.

[HawkingGib]

This is our female imprinted Bonelli's.. FYI -Enjoy!

[Talon]

stunning.

[Berkut]

I have seen one take hares.Very impressive.It is the only bird I would take on over and above or instead of one of the goldies at the moment and because of the land I have available to me I could definately do one justice,

[Jackson]

nice pic!!!:supz:

[NGuruve]

i looked around last year to see wat prices they were and it was around 10 thousand to twelve thousand pounds for one so aint cheap but they are brilliant for falconry from what i hear wat about the african hawk eagle there very similair and are even considered a sub species and are around half the price

[Berkut]

About 7 years ago I got a call from an old guy to come and see a bird he had bought.The guy was 65yrs old and had never actually hunted a raptor but he talked a good game. Went to his house and in a small weathering was a feather perfect ,stunning female Bonneli,s about 6 years old.I could not believe this knobjockey had got this and he had paid £6000 for it. A week later all the tail feathers and primaries were broken and he swapped it for 2 steppes eagles.At the time I wish I could have afforded it but it was out the question.

[NGuruve]

here is the lil brother to the bonellis the african hawk eagle and they dont cost as much

[HawkingGib]

Pretty little eagle.. But it don't compare to the bonelli's..

Rgds

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

Thread moved from general falconry talk ;-)

[ChakChek]

Pretty little eagle.. But it don't compare to the bonelli's..

Rgds

in the wild african hawk eagles take larger prey despite being slightly smaller

[Joey]

a friend told me to post that it was a freind that had it and it was brilliant on hare and other things but he likes them. he had to fix her beck .because she was chasing a hare and the hare went under a tiny hole under a wall in a feild an the bonnellies hit the wall. he doesnt give a **** about money a bird is a bird in his eyes.

cheers joe

it was around 15 years ago when he was out with it

[Joey]

just spoke to me mate and he said how many eggs do they have?

cheers joe

[Pantherophis]

I know one here in Belgium that has a pair Bonelli's but he has them only a few weeks/months. So I don't expect that he has any breeding this year.

You can try www.falconiformes.nl, seems they have also Bonelli's.

[Jammu]

I've spoken a old german guy who said he has flown a bonellies and he said this bird was like a big gos. Unfortunately the bird is now standing stuffed up on a piece of wood:oops:

[Joey]

thank anyway mate


cheers joe

[NGuruve]

yer cheers for that it seems they are a untapped falconry brd that unfortunatly is just too expensive

[EagleMan]

bonelli's are great birds, hansome and agressive too
but bonelli's are endangered in europe, there are around 700 breeding pairs in europe today, over 80% are in spain next is greece and portugal. '
this is why i support the ideea of a big breeding center and an campain of repopulation, if the autorities are conviced , we could breed eagles in two direction, first we could repopulate the wild and create and good genetic pool and second is the purpose of falconry. great ideea is'nt it?

[Joey]

top idea eagle man have u ever flew one

cheers joe

[NGuruve]

yer gd idea eagleman there brilliant i think although i will ever fly one i will be in africa flying the african hawk eagle lol gd luck

[Barry]

In 2004 and 2006 our gathering of eagles was attended by a Bonellis, a female in '04 and a male in '06. Both imprinted, both took white hares and now both are in the same breeding project. I have to say they were both magnificent. The female in '04 was worked over the dog from waiting on in a good wind. All in all she was probably up for 2 1/2 hours at varying pitch. Sadly after all that the hare she took was in a flight off the fist. The male this year was probably more reckless in his attacks and more brutal when he did hit game. The thud as he hit the ground after a miss or as he hit game was audible from 100 yards away. He took two hares. This bird showed no inclination to wait on. If they breed this year the offspring will not be for sale!
Would I want one? Is The Pope catholic?

Barry.

[Joey]

sounds great my mentors friend had a female it loved taking hare that was her main quarry

cheers joe

[EagleMan]

hey friends ! i found a good website about bonellies try ub.es/aligaperdiguera/
i want your opinions !:supz:

[EagleMan]

i mean www.ub.es/aligaperdiguera/ they have an english version too!

[EagleMan]

yer gd idea eagleman there brilliant i think although i will ever fly one i will be in africa flying the african hawk eagle lol gd luck
the waiting is killing me, i hope we fly those birds together man:yawinkle:

[NGuruve]

the waiting is killing me, i hope we fly those birds together man:yawinkle:
haha i know we sure will haha there brilliant cant wait to get my hands on one hehe after watching them in the wild im hooked:supz: :rolleyes:

brilliant site loads of information

[GosInTheZone]

the bonelli's that hit the wall was owned by a mr Gary Balchin and had to have a new beak constructed, this was around 12-14 years ago, she flew at around 6lb and an absolute pleasure on the eye! i agree with the african hawk eagle being a better proposition in the uk, i found someone breeding the AHE, in south africa a couple of years ago they had 2 pairs 1 pair immature and were producing 1 young per year price was 7000 euro's it was when he said he'd got 19 names on a waiting list i decided against iT

[Talon]

Gary balchin doesnt he allso flys golden eagles up in scotland.?

[Merger]

Hi K, this will make you go green, I have a good friend who works for UAE royal family, two years ago he trapped, what he says is a huge female,, shes still in an avairy, he never got round to flying her, chatting to him before xmas, and said as soon as he can export,, avian flu,, its mine if I want it, I said I let him know, I got the impression he had been feeding it cats, and whatever other mammals he slung in, but he did say he could go in and sit with her, when shes feeding no problem, if I decide to get her in I will give you a ring mate.

[Raymond]

Hi all!!

My friend here in Austria is breeding bonelli´s. This year he has 3 eggs, two hatched one should come today. Take a look on his web page.
www.sg-falcons.at he sells them for 10 000.- pounds each!! perfect birds.
If you want to take an order, hurry up, hurry up!!

Regards
Raymond

[HawkEagle]

I have just started picking up mine a few days ago. She is just restless around her avairy highly nervous so I decided to train her up to get her more use to me before the moult. She is surprisingly easy to get into and even started jumping to my fist on her second day.

[SakerYZF]

Hi all!!

My friend here in Austria is breeding bonelli´s. This year he has 3 eggs, two hatched one should come today. Take a look on his web page.
www.sg-falcons.at he sells them for 10 000.- pounds each!! perfect birds.
If you want to take an order, hurry up, hurry up!!

Regards
Raymond

Excelent website:-)
think i'll have to wait till they come down in price abit tho:/