Anyone Flying or Flown a Crowned Eagle? [Archive]

Musket Spar

16-07-2007, 09:20 PM

Comming from Zimbabwe(Africa) iv always had a love for these Majestic Pit Bulls with wings!I was lucky enough to know a falconer in Zim who flew a female!I always used to think it took either guts or or sheer lunacy to fly one one of these.He hunted Vervet Monkeys and small antelope with the Crowned and of course the odd German Shepard that wondered to close to her perch!He also uses her for lamping which was also entertaing at times,especially when she would mistake a fully grown cow for a Diker or something like that and the next thing you know theres an eagle attached to a cows ass running through the bushes!
Anyway,is there anyone in the UK or any other part of the world who flys one of these?

GSP

16-07-2007, 09:39 PM

Hi and welcome to the forum
Do you have any pictures you could post?

Steve

Musket Spar

16-07-2007, 09:42 PM

Hi,Thank You,
Unfortunately i dont have them with me here,but hoping to have some emailed to me shortly!

Coronatus

16-07-2007, 09:44 PM

Hi there you lucky b*satard!!!! Was that Andres eagle? Not flown one personally but it is still my goal for the future. The ultimate off the fist eagle for large ground game though still not sure how the plumage will hold out over here!! Andrew Knowles Browne was/is flying a female in scotland i believe. Love to see some pics if you have any?! Regards James

Gram

16-07-2007, 09:47 PM

Mr knowles brown flys one up in Scotland or did theres and there was one at the gathering of eagles but Barry is the one to ask about it.Search the threads mate

Berkut

16-07-2007, 09:49 PM

Mr knowles brown flys one up in Scotland or did theres and there was one at the gathering of eagles but Barry is the one to ask about it.Search the threads mate

Spot on Graham.He even bred one this year.

Musket Spar

16-07-2007, 09:54 PM

Yes thats right it was Andre`s Eagle(Lundi),i find this clip fascinating,thought you guys might find it interesting,(if you havnt seen it already?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ENY2ujNUE&mode=related&search=

Java Falconer

17-07-2007, 06:54 AM

Just wait for HawkEagle :supz:

EagleMan

17-07-2007, 01:09 PM

The crowned eagle is my life dream passsion ! Check out for the thread named the most powerful eagle...
To fly one of these magnificent eagles is a wish that it will became reality. I say it today, And because today is my birthday, sooner or later I feel that this dream of me it will become reality !:supz:

HawkEagle

18-07-2007, 04:19 PM

I am flying one at the moment. She is moulting so her flying is just a mere daily exercise cause she is still way too fat. This bird is incredibly powerful, agile and not too big.

HawkEagle

18-07-2007, 04:59 PM

Here are pics of my crowned eagle.

JJ.

18-07-2007, 06:40 PM

what a beautiful MONSTER! :lol:

Kanati

18-07-2007, 07:03 PM

look at the wings in the second pic!... they are like barn doors! nearly as tall as wide!

stunnings bird...or maybe MONSTER is the right word !

RedNoseK9

18-07-2007, 07:07 PM

Great pics love them any chance you could tell us age weight sex etc

Wez

Arsalan

18-07-2007, 07:07 PM

deadly looking bird mate...:yawinkle:

Musket Spar

18-07-2007, 07:17 PM

Awsome!!!!:supz: Im very jealous!!Brilliant pictures thanks for sharing them with us,!!Have you hunted or plan to hunt with her?

HawkEagle

18-07-2007, 09:06 PM

Great pics love them any chance you could tell us age weight sex etc

Wez

She is one year old and her fat weight is 4.2 kgs. She is moulting at the moment and I fly her for exercise daily at 3.6 kgs but this is not her true flying weight she should be flying around 3ich. She is not a hugh bird but hugh feet, tarsus, thigh and claws.

HawkEagle

18-07-2007, 09:16 PM

Awsome!!!!:supz: Im very jealous!!Brilliant pictures thanks for sharing them with us,!!Have you hunted or plan to hunt with her?

This season I'll try to hunt marcaque with this bird. There are loads of them here. Forocious prey and definitely hugh care must be taken.

Java Falconer

20-07-2007, 07:03 AM

Awesome giant avian predator!

Btw, what would you do with the macaque then?

Barkai

20-07-2007, 08:52 AM

Here are pics of my crowned eagle.

What leather is the glove made from? double thick elephant skin:supz: :supz: nice feet!!! the width of the thigh is like the width of my wrist (I'm only fourteen, and small)!!! your left arm must be a lot stronger than your right!!!

Stephen

Barkai

20-07-2007, 09:01 AM

Here are pics of my crowned eagle.

In the second pic some of the secondary are longer than some of some of the primaries.

Stephen

HawkEagle

20-07-2007, 03:07 PM

Awesome giant avian predator!

Btw, what would you do with the macaque then?

Definitely, I wont be eating them. I will use them for my bird feed.

Java Falconer

23-07-2007, 04:54 PM

Definitely, I wont be eating them. I will use them for my bird feed.

Make sense to me now... ;)

Musket Spar

23-07-2007, 09:33 PM

Youre a brave man with a short glove like that mate,has she thrown any hissy fits yet resulting in any accidents?

HawkEagle

24-07-2007, 03:53 PM

Youre a brave man with a short glove like that mate,has she thrown any hissy fits yet resulting in any accidents?

The glove I use is tripple thickness eagle glove elbow length. It's enough for now. This glove is so thick that you can't move your fingers. My eagle isnt agressive at all she has perfect table maner. I can get away more with her than most of my hawk eagles. However she doesnt like any other people to get near her, she will raise her hackle and leaning forward in an attacking position.

HawkEagle

26-07-2007, 04:20 PM

Today I had a close call at a stray dog. The dog ran out of the bush and all the sudden the eagle flew up high about 15ft and turn 90 degree in the dog direction and just missed it, the dog ran into the nearby bush and the eagle landed on the ground. I couldnt see if the bird made any contact by I heard the dog screamed. The dog is no small dog, it's very similar to a dingo. I have never seen anything like this, the intended prey was so large and yet the bird really went for it.

Kat67

26-07-2007, 04:40 PM

Good grief!!
i've just found this thread:rolleyes: Amazing bird:supz: Im most impressed:yawinkle:

Raseni

28-07-2007, 09:48 PM

AMAZING BIRD!

cheers,
Rasmus

HawkEagle

30-07-2007, 06:07 PM

Some pics I took of her today. Her plumage has changed abit from earlier pics. She does have bad attitude toward other people she even try to have a go at a photographer while he was taking pics. Her feet are enormous for a bird this size. I must be lucky that she hasnt lay a scratch on me yet.

SparsTheOne

30-07-2007, 06:24 PM

she is stunning mate,is she hunting yet ,if she is what quarry are you flying her at mate.

jase.

HawkEagle

30-07-2007, 06:39 PM

I have not strated hunting with her yet when I got her she has already strated moulting so I just train her as smoothly as I can. She is still fat and I only fly her for daily exercise. I will try to catch macaques this season. Although she is big but she is extremely agile beating her wings like a gos and she can turn in tight corner as well.

Java Falconer

31-07-2007, 11:36 AM

She is agile because she belongs to forest dwelling eagles.
But, my IBE is flying like Golden Eagles, making it vulnerable to be shot by people... :cry: :cry: :cry:

Btw, awesome bird you have there mate!
I really want to feel her grip on my fist ;)

Hawk-Witch

31-07-2007, 12:00 PM

:heart::heart: :heart: amazing bird,thanks for sharing your pics8-) I'm very very jealous. Just been reading an old article in national geographic 1995 about harpia harpyja.

EagleMan

03-08-2007, 05:21 PM

Gorgeous and magnificent !
Hawk eagle, what a wonderfull bird she became !
And about macacs, what species are you intend to hunt ?
Take care anyway, i thing tha macacs have canaine as long as babonns despite their shorter snouts.
Can you post more pics ? I belive that her talons grew larger than when you posted her last pics on another thread !

HawkEagle

03-08-2007, 05:27 PM

Crab eating Marcaque is a powerful animal weighting about 7 kgs with hugh k9 I am sure they will back big time. Her claws has grown abit bigger since but I am sure there is still alot more.

EagleMan

03-08-2007, 05:46 PM

Hawk eagle, look at this crowned eagle, in a few years, your beauty will posses the same plumage !
http://youtube.com/watch?v=13GQbT2ljxs&mode=user&search=

HawkEagle

03-08-2007, 05:58 PM

Hawk eagle, look at this crowned eagle, in a few years, your beauty will posses the same plumage !
http://youtube.com/watch?v=13GQbT2ljxs&mode=user&search=

Sorry I cant get into this site it's banned in my country.

EagleMan

03-08-2007, 06:16 PM

I didn't knew that, hawk eagle....:x
Is about an crowned eagle hunting attempt agains water chevrotain.
A video made by National Geographic .

Badra

10-08-2007, 11:18 AM

what a bird....
nice eagle bro...

Puzo

10-08-2007, 11:34 AM

HawkEagle

10-08-2007, 04:39 PM

Beautifull bird! They tend to take a lot of their prey on the pass from tree-tops in the wild. Does she have any tendency to carry? I wouldn't like to have to go in & give the coup de grace to a macaque in her feet.

She did try to carry in the earlier stage but now it's gone. She has the power but she has never exercised it on me. I can even supply her food with my right hand while is sitting on my glove and that is a no no for any birds.

Mark Collins

10-08-2007, 07:47 PM

Amazing Looking Bird, Your A Brave Man, Good Luck With Her, Mark.

MusketMad

10-08-2007, 07:55 PM

Crab eating Marcaque is a powerful animal weighting about 7 kgs with hugh k9 I am sure they will back big time. Her claws has grown abit bigger since but I am sure there is still alot more.ive flown loads of eagles goldies martials etc and i dont care how big a macaques teeth are if that f*****r grabs you in the head its lights out mate:lol: