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Jorge Sales Lisboa
28-02-2005, 09:30 PM
Hello friends

In Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais a course of reproduction of eagles was accomplished Harpias. Dr. Roberto Azeredo, responsible for the nursery CRAX has many years of experiences in the reproduction of eagles Harpias, it reproduces in a natural way or incubating the eggs and later creating the nestlings, or placing for the parents to create. Now he has 23 Harpias. Among the "secrets" like Dr. Azeredo defines to have success in the reproduction of eagles harpias I detach the relationship between male and females that in many species of birds of prey the reproduction happens after an offer of food of the male's part for the female for later to happen the reproduction, but in Harpias, at least in captivity this I stimulate it is gotten through the offer of branches. The male offers the female branches this it receives and he acts in the same way that a lot of birds of prey when the male offers food, and he leaves that the male executes the sexual intercourse. I filmed this, and I have in VHS.
Another detail is inside the handling of these eagles of your enclosures, Dr. Azeredo uses a stick of 1,70 cm as the perches in T that we used in falconry, and he enters in the nurseries and he is going in direction of the eagle pointing this stick, and the bird flees for a side of the enclosure, again Dr. Azeredo is going in direction of the eagle with this stick, pursuing the bird. After a certain time and already tired, the eagle lands in the soil, when he approaches of her, she lies down with the backs in the soil and when he leans the stick in the chest of the eagle she holds strongly with the claws in the stick in the part of the perch in T, where she has the small perch, after holding she doesn't release plus, he suspends the bird, and with the free right hand he holds the powerful tarsus of the eagle. Incredible.
Dr. Azeredo is before everything a cientist, he tries, he tests everything. They said that a bird imprint is aggressive and he accomplishes an imprint to test. Now he creates a male harpia for imprint, it must it is for about 5 months, and this bird that I have idea of perhaps to workout. It would like help of the experts in eagles to help me. I thank before everything Miguel Alambre, for the clues. First in the site cetreria.com, and now in this.
I also thank the clues of others of this forum. Yes I really know that Golden Eagle perhaps is the more used in falconry, mainly due to yours it historizes, and origin of the falconry, probably in Ásia Central, but recently modern hawkers got very good results with other eagles as André Groenewald in Africa with a Crowned Eagle, I am basing mainly on information and materials to train a Harpia, since they are very similar.

I publish to follow some pictures.

Sorry all bad translator.

Jorge




Jorge Sales Lisboa
28-02-2005, 09:37 PM
More Photos about reproduction Harpy eagles.

JORGE

Jorge Sales Lisboa
28-02-2005, 09:39 PM
More photos

Jorge

Hawkmaster
01-03-2005, 03:00 PM
Good to see Jorge, thanks.

Can you post the pictiures 600 pixels wide please.

Paul

IAmTheWeasel
01-03-2005, 03:16 PM
You couldn't pay me enough to walk into a cage with Harpies....... :shock:

Jorge Sales Lisboa
01-03-2005, 04:30 PM
Hello

I don't get to place smaller pictures, these were the smallest sizes accepted by my digital machine.
AHAHAHA, With certainty it is a risk to enter in an enclosure of Harpias, still more in the moment of reproduction. Some extremely aggressive ones exist, and in agreement with Dr. Azeredo, they know perfectly who feeds, who does the cleaning of the enclosure.
When a person finds strange she enters in the enclosure there is the possibility of attacks.
Jorge

ColdZero
01-03-2005, 08:00 PM
can you give a bit more information about harpy eagles. I don't know anything about them.

oh i can resize the photo if you want

Hawkmaster
01-03-2005, 08:06 PM
I have resized them just waiting for permission to upload them

Miguel
01-03-2005, 08:17 PM
Name: Harpy Eagle

Scientific Name: Harpia harpyja

Range: Central America and Northern South America

Habitat: The natural habitat of the Harpy Eagle is that of forests, staying close to the tropical conditions around the Equator.

Status: Endangered

Diet:

Opossums
Monkeys
Sloth

The backside of the Harpy Eagle is covered with slate black feathers, and the underside is covered with white. There is a black band across the chest up to the neck. The head is pale gray, and is crowned with a double crest. This coloration gives it the menacing look to match its reputation.

The Harpy Eagle is one of the largest of the fifty species of eagles. It can grow to be as large as 36 to 40 inches in length (this mainly is seen in the females of the species). It can reach a weight up to 20 pounds. The harpy in flight can reach speeds above 50 mph. The Harpy is relatively half the length of an average-sized human, and it is this size that makes them formidable hunters.

The Harpy Eagle, due to living in forests, has short wings. These
wings are used for speed and maneuverability. They weave in and
out of the trees, launching surprise attacks on their prey. They use
thetrees for cover. They also possess enormous grasping claws, and
these are used for perching as well as for snaring prey.

Miguel
01-03-2005, 08:19 PM
http://www.cetreria.com/usr/1911/images/0_harpy5.jpg

http://www.cetreria.com/usr/1911/images/0_harpy2.jpg

BrianM
01-03-2005, 08:30 PM
[quote="Atomik"]Name: Harpy Eagle

Scientific Name: Harpia harpyja

Range: Central America and Northern South America

Habitat: The natural habitat of the Harpy Eagle is that of forests, staying close to the tropical conditions around the Equator.

Status: Endangered

Diet:

Opossums
Monkeys
Sloths :shock: :shock:

does honeybrooks supply theses frozen....lol

Miguel
01-03-2005, 08:46 PM
LOL
The one I worked with, used to eat 4 to 6 500grams rats...
But we had a lot of people wanting to see us feeding her, because they tought we fed her monkeys!!! LOL

Jorge Sales Lisboa
01-03-2005, 08:54 PM
Hello

Complementing the friend's information Miguel " Atomik ", Harpy Eagle distribution was from the forests of Mexico to Argentina, now it is more common in the Amazonian. Your diet in Brazil consists of bugs laziness (Bradipus), monkeys as monkeys nails, monkeys spider, but also deer, foxes, and several birds as Macaws (Ara). They are specialized predators, different from the Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetus) that glide on the prairies or hillsides of mountains, Harpy Eagles move in the entangled of the forests maneuvering among the logs as gigantic goshawks, possess a long tail to maneuver, and wings relatively short and they use a displacement in the moment of hunt of an active displacement, of propulsion it activates, and they cannot feel to the luxury of failing, for this reason they possess phenomenal weapons, with claws very developed, as well as the other two existent eagles in the world and specialists in primates as Crowned Eagle (Stephonaetus coronatus) and Philippine Eagle (Pitecophaga jeferii).

Jorge

ColdZero
01-03-2005, 10:31 PM
they sound fantastic! Are they rare in captivity too?

Jorge Sales Lisboa
01-03-2005, 11:10 PM
In captivity they exist a reasonable amount of Harpy Eagles, but of anything it advances to maintain them in captivity, if we don't struggle to preserve your natural habitat and to introduce them. Most of Harpy Eagles in Brazil disappears due to habitat absence.
In the year of 2004 the Brazilian television showed a report of a passager of Harpy Eagle that attacked a creation of chickens and you encourage a farmer's domestic in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul the bird it was captured by the organ of Brazilian environment, IBAMA and mischievous for the captivity. Harpia struggles to survive, but it comes the man more and more it invades your habitat deforesting and destroying your nests and killing the fauna, and against this of anything advances the powerful claws and the agile and fast flight.

Jorge

IAmTheWeasel
02-03-2005, 05:34 PM
Those are some incredible shots of the bird! I have always been facinated with Harpies....But I don't believe I would even think of entering the enclosure with one.....!.....Post more pics too!

IAmTheWeasel
02-03-2005, 07:18 PM
Atomik, Did you work at the Texas state fair with Steve Martin? It looks likt the Texas ferris wheel behind you. I know that Steve has a Harpy for his show.

Miguel
02-03-2005, 07:24 PM
Yes I did! You're right, it's the "Star of Texas" on the background...
Did you saw the show???

IAmTheWeasel
02-03-2005, 10:51 PM
Yes, I go there every year. I live only a few miles from there...as a matter of fact, I am looking out my office window and I can see the ferris wheel.......small world huh?

Miguel
03-03-2005, 07:13 PM
You bet! Hope I'll be there again this year...
What do you think of the show??

IAmTheWeasel
03-03-2005, 07:18 PM
It's always been good. I like the Andean condor the best of the bunch as it looks like an ultralight plane going overhead.

Miguel
03-03-2005, 08:52 PM
Sadie!! She's really something... I think Steve's shows are among the best shows in the US, if not in the world! And he's a really nice guy too, it's great to work with him! He used to be a falconer...

Jorge Sales Lisboa
29-08-2005, 11:22 PM
To the administrating friends and moderators of this excellent site

If they could republish my pictures placing in a more appropriate size for the visualization, I thank vastly.

Greetings

Jorge

Sparrie
01-09-2005, 06:02 PM
What a machine that thing is.

Gary

Lanner Nut
01-09-2005, 07:16 PM
lovely birds! and pretty dam big :shock:

think they'll keep the cats from sh*ting in my garden? :lol:

Jorge Sales Lisboa
01-09-2005, 07:28 PM
Yes, with certainty she would attack the cats, but perhaps the dogs and children of the neighborhood also.

:D

Miguel
01-09-2005, 08:22 PM
Yes, you're right!! That's one of the reasons Steve Martin's harpy doesn't fly in shows...