Osprey use in Falconry

[SilverLeapers]

Anyone out there have any success with this species? Guessing it would have to be an imprint?

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

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As far as what I heard they are difficult to keep alive in captivety, I only know of one guy who had them and both died, I dont think they would be very susiteble as a falconry bird...

[WhiteTail]

Ospreys are great demo birds

I didnt have much luck with fully parent reared birds as the attitude is far to swayed towards being an Owl, which they basically are a diurnal owl
They focus like an owl, they also process information like one.!

But social & fully imprinted birds were awsome.
I went down the lines of feeding only fish but soon got peeved about the mess & smell, so took the Day old chick route.

I do with all fish eaters give a oil suppliment, because to me it makes sense, not that is has any proven effects
but this habbit only developed after working with Sealions

There not hard to keep, no species specific demands, but you will need to re-arrange the avery a few times to suit an individual

And just a word of warning, take any broken primaries very seriously
the quill of an osprey is very dangerous, and i have had the odd poke in the face over the years

also the feathering off the quill wear out quite fast so becarefull whem teathered, you end up with a porcupine effect.

If you fish them on demo.. make the pond deep enough..

[EddieT]

I didnt have much luck with fully parent reared birds as the attitude is far to swayed towards being an Owl, which they basically are a diurnal owl
They focus like an owl, they also process information like one.!

Interesting one this, so i did a quick google on osprey taxonomy and found the following:

"The Osprey differs in several respects from the other diurnal birds of prey, and has always presented something of a riddle to taxonomists. Here it is treated as the sole member of the family Pandionidae, and the family listed in its traditional place as part of the order Falconiformes. Other schemes place it alongside the hawks and eagles in the family Accipitridae—which itself can be regarded as making up the bulk of the order Accipitriformes or else be lumped with the Falconidae into Falconiformes. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy has placed it together with the other diurnal raptors in a greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes, but this has more recently turned out to result in an unnatural paraphyletic classification."

So it appears to be a very unique raptor with no close association with any other taxonomic family of bird.

[Andy_G]

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As far as what I heard they are difficult to keep alive in captivety, I only know of one guy who had them and both died, I dont think they would be very susiteble as a falconry bird...

ben potter by any chance??

due to bad fish was it not what i recall him saying

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

ben potter by any chance??

due to bad fish was it not what i recall him saying

I heard something else, but who knows.....

[Dan Paradis]

hey Bill how would you be making in and stepping up ?...and the bird flies back to a tree with fish ?

asper is #1 cause of death for captive birds

anyway that is too funny:)

[ChrisGos]

Not sure why anyone would want to fly one. Isn't falconry the art of flying trained birds of prey at wild quarry:rolleyes:

[Miliscer]

Not sure why anyone would want to fly one. Isn't falconry the art of flying trained birds of prey at wild quarry:rolleyes:

Wild trout?

Not a falconry bird but look at these - you can see the attraction!!

http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578

Mike

[Yarak_Eric]

Wild trout?

Not a falconry bird but look at these - you can see the attraction!!

http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578

Mike

That's a GREAT slideshow!

[RedTail17]

Was gona say Ben Potter too i remeber him having sumit to do wiv a young pair.

[It's Alright Ma]

Wild trout?

Not a falconry bird but look at these - you can see the attraction!!

http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578

Mike


Beautiful photographs of a perfectly designed specialist! Thanks for sharing

Johny

[Pitbull]

Are migratory species harder to look after than non migratory

[John'B']

once again thanks for answering my initial question, some interesting and informative replies.