gyr/praire - El Cid

[Afshimo]

Hiya,

Our centre is buying the 3yo tiercel, and I'm lucky enough to be allocated his owner (yippie) and get him up and out there again!

From what I've been told about him, he sounds a cracking bird, and I honestly cant wait to see what he's like and he'll no doubt teach me many things. It will be some nice display for awhile, then he'll be doing what he does best - hunting partrige!

Been sorting equipment, just made a new pair of jesses, found a med swivel and done a leash up. My very good friend (thank you!!!) Wally, has kindly agreed to go up and collect him, and bring him down to my house. My other good friend Bilsy (thank you!!!) is paying for the bird, and trying to pursuede Mal to let me fly the falcons in the display (including the kestrel) to let him get on with the harder birds (Vultures, eagles, gos and Jack etc) and Wally will be flying the harris, buzzards and owls.

So, Bilsy agreed to buy me another falcon, already trained for displays for a year, then it's upto me what he does next (hunting)and I'll pay for my gyr/saker.

So tomorrow, you'll see how he settles him, what he's like etc, then in a couple days, I'll post his pics. Depending how he settles in, I'd prefer to get him up and going ASAP, bt if he's not upto that just yet, I'll wait in anticipation!

So, my charges will be -

Gyr/saker male, called Jakey. Great bird, well settled.
Sakret, Bobby. Ok, but vocal. Looks like a lanner lol.
Lugger female. Star - and she is!
Sakret, male. Afra, my saker, but I'll prob just fly him at home.
Kestrel female. Peeps, recovering from an ear infection, but fly's any
distance in a strait line (just wobbly here and there)
Lanner/lugger babies, I'll gona be training a female.
Lanner male, when he finishes moulting. Stunning to watch, top class.
Merlin female. Nicknamed Lady, pretty and laid back (norm for merlins I've heard) She'll be with a mate in 2 years or so, she's still young though.

As a one off, I'm flying me ole mate, Rags, a 2 yo harris that had a brocken wing (just lazy now) but still wants to fly. He's got the biggest feet you've ever seen in a male harris!

Thats me upto date, now I'll say goodnight to Afra and pack me bags for school tomzo, when I come home, El Cid will be waiting!

[HawkMan69UK]

with that many birds hannah your gonna have to give schcol up soon....................actually dont give up yet or your spelling will be like the rest of us on here :lol:

[Afshimo]

sry lol, all the birds bar Afra and El Cid will be left at the centre. I come in on thurs to check the weight, condition and spend some time with them. Then sat/sun I'm in and doing displays (yay) I would mind takin the kestrel home lol, not one bit!

[OhMyGod]

Great Hannah.

Good Luck!!!

[Afshimo]

thanks for that OMG, just sorted the final details. Now I just have to wait for tomorrow! I've hardly got any experiance with gyr/prarie's, I've done a bit of research, but there isnt much to go on. ah well, Mal and Wally will help me out! Wally is havin fun with a baby european, only 10days old I think? Prb 11 or 12! White ball of fluff with a big appitite!

[Shaun Byrne]

Good luck with the G/P Hannah.

[Afshimo]

thx h4wka!

[Afshimo]

hiya,

i rushed home from school, changed and put afra in the sunshine. Re arranged the jesses, swivel and leash. Anyways, Bilsy dropped some chicks off for me, and as he got back into the car "Wally's keepin the Gyr/prairie for tonite, and he's going to stay at the centre tomzo."

So there's no gyr/prairie for me to play with and I'm not workin the falcons. So quite frankly I am fed up, and pretty angry an upset. I just can't be bothered with people like that. I would have minded just flying the falcons, or just the gyr/prairie, but hey, stuff that. I dont know why I even helped them to get the falcon in the first place.
But hey, thats life aint it?
I'm takin sat/sun off for a break, think I'm gona need it.

[Hawkmaster]

Hannah we have to see some pictures of you with this bird.

[Afshimo]

So there's no gyr/prairie for me to play with

try reading this lol, sorry, need to make my post's clearer lol

[Shaun Byrne]

Did you say you're getting your Gyr/Saker from Mark Robb, Hannah?

[Afshimo]

yeah, either a pale phase mal off him, or if he has any small white males, he will sell one to me. I know he's hard to get hold of and seen as moody, but he was real helpfull to me, and enjoyed talkin bout some of the birds he has. He's even offered to help me out with delivering the falcon too. :)

[Steve L]

Sorry to ear about el-cid hannah, who is bilsy and wally?

[Afshimo]

Hiya, nice pic by the way!

Bilsy (full name Andy Bilsborough) is the director of the centre, Wally is a volunteer.

Is she/he ure falcon in the pic?

[Steve L]

no found it in the avater gallery hannah.

[Afshimo]

Mal and Bilsy have finally given in and Cid is mine for the training!

24th April

Arrived home, already been fed and tried on the lure but little response. To scared of the digger working near by me thinks! He did pretty well considering. He had a toasty weight of 1lb 8 1/2.
Brought him home in a box, screaming and cursing as I got him out. Put him on his perch in the sun, a few bates them a quick rouse and bobbing at Afra near by.
Sorted out his sleeping space and changed the set up abit. It looked like it might do something to at 7 o'clock both birds when away without a fuss, with Cid stepping up to a chick body.

25th april
1lb 8
Both birds out today. Some screaming and cursing off Cid but sat up and settled. Blocked out, so I sorted the chicks out for this week. A mix of beef, chick and quail for them. Might try and get some duck legs in.
Back from school, both birds relaxed and happy to begin work. Afra stepped up for a leg and went inside away from Cid for her 4 chcks and 2oz beef. I pulled off the legs beforehand and got 2 step ups fromCid, them 2 full 1m fly's. Then got the creance out, set that up to 15m and got him jumping full distnace 3 times. 2 chicks off fist. Next I'm ptting a chick on my lure and let him eat off that. Should be ok I hope!

[BrianM]

charge on hannah............well done

[Afshimo]

Thankyou Brian!

26th April (moring)

Just douzed him with abit of water today before getting him out. He screamed a abit as useral, couple baes but relaxed pretty quick. I'm going to have to start getting out pick-up pieces for him in the morning.
I walked him around for 15mins before school, he is pretty much sorted with walking - just flying and picking up to concentrate on.

Will update later!

[Afshimo]

26th april (afternon)

WOW! Did mainly the same today except i added the lure in. Put Afra in her hut to gorge on a quail and chick (couldnt finish the beef!) then wound the creance out for 20m. He was ok to pick up, chupped as normal, but I quite like the sound! More like a seagull he is! On the T-perch and 5 10m fly's to the lure, last one 15m and he's not panting. (havn't done fitness training with yet -mwahahaha!) I put him on the t-perch but he's unpatiant and goes on top of the garage. So, i gets me leather pad lure out, put a scrab of beef on (bout 1oz or so) and try to go 15m. before i hit 1m he's hovering above my head, but swings round and lands on me glove (smart!) and slided down the line to the lure (neat!) He chups once he has landed, so i keep low and let him eat thw whole thing. He picks up to a chick head np at all, running some of the distance to jump on my fist. Back on t-perch for him. Load the lure for numver 2. I get about 10m and hee's after me, so i turn around , pat his t perch and amazingly he runs, flaps and sits on the t-perch, allowing me to get the ful 20m before powering in on the lure and laying out on the ground. It's wrong way up, so i slowly put my hand in and turn it over for him , he gladly tuck's up. Then another jump to the fist , out comes the creance and in comes the leash, Back on his perch he steppes up for 1/2oz chunk of beef. When it start's raining, the other 1/2oz beef is used for a pick up piece and the big guy is sorted.

He is an amazing bird! I luv him to bits lol. He is abit sticky feet wise, but they are so big so I cant complain. I will put his weight up though, as he he is doing pretty good.

The weather is murky, drizzled half way through the flying but this didnt affect his performance (affected mine lol - i slipped twice!)

Tomorrow hopefully, I'll take him to the field and get him coming to the lure then. Who knows, but next sat, he'll be going free!

Yippie!