tosca female harris hawk

[BrianM]

hi guys
as you know tosca went walkabout 2 weeks ago as i took her out of her avairy for the first time this year..... after getting her back i gave her a week to recover and went back in for her on monday 30th .. i bent down to pick her up and she jumped onto my fist as if id only put her down yesterday.. after fitting new anklets, jessies, SWIVEL lol.. bells . i took weighed her she was sitting at 2lb 2oz,,, ( i hadnt fed her for 18hrs before)


she jumped into her travel box,,, and off we went to the training field

i took her from her box , fixed the creance , removed the leash and popped her on a fence post,,, i walked 3 meters away tuned and called her,,, she didnt even hesitate , staight as a dye to the fist,,, i repeated this 4 more times moving out to 20m .. thinking this was enough for the day i boxed her and returned home...

[Gary.B]

Nice one Brian, things are looking up. :wink:

[BrianM]

:lol: :lol: tuesday 31st may 2005

picker her up weighed her 2lb 1oz. boxed her. and off to the training ground,,,, took her out the box.. fixed creance removed leash. on to post walked out to 20 meters turned and called... she came straight away again .. took a chick leg..... now istead of walking her back i cast her to the post,, off she went,, no problem.. landed on the post and turned round to se what i was upto... this time i had walked out to 40 meters,,, called her again ,,, again she came straight away,,,,,, again she was cast back,,,,,landed and turned :lol: :lol: ... at this rate she will be free by the weekend,,,,,,,, another 3 flights out to a max of 50m ,,, no probs,,, boxed and went home ,, a good 2 days

[Bash]

The Weekend!! She could be free now? Nice going Brian.

[BrianM]

Patience my young paduwan,, another 2 days wont hurt her

[BrianM]

1st june 2005 :cry: :cry: its ****ed all day ,, and i mean ****ed its horizontal,, no flying today :cry: :cry:

[Ben C]

Stupid question Brian but I take it she has moulted out.....that is fast, what did you do pluck her and stick new ones in. Mine has about a zillion to grow back, blasted thing. :) :) :) :)

[BrianM]

yes she was put into moult early this year (2nd jan) and it went like clock work as you can see she is in fine fettle,,,,,,, this was her first

[Ben C]

Thats interesting mate, why Jan the second. Did you take up another hawk? Or did you just want to give her a rest? :) :) :)

[BrianM]

my wee girl was in the hospital with pneumonia so i was running to and fro so i put her down to moult

[Ben C]

Aaaah got it mate. You did mention her in a PM. Well that means you get to hunt and kill and fly a lot more than us..........YOU LUCKY BARSTOOL......Get the pictures up of all those terrorised young bunnies mate :) :) :) :)

[BrianM]

thursday 2nd june 2005

picked her up and weighed her 2lb 1oz,, boxed her and off to the training ground,,,,,,,,,,,, took her out the box fixed creance , removed leash.. first jump 20m ,,, second 40m ,,,, third... 60m ... total length of the line each time she was cast back to the post , and she turned round to see what i was doing ,,,,,,, she has returned to herself much quicker than i expected or does everybodys return to training as quick???????/

[Wightwings]

good going Brian, i would say they re-learn much quicker hence you can also normally get them going at a higher weight......(ps you luck git )

[BrianM]

:wink:

[RabbitHawker]

I usually just bring my harris's down to weight and do some high jumps for fitness, and go out hunting, no need for the creance and hassle, they should know the job after a couple of saesons, but weight will need to be a bit lowre at this time of the year or I would probably have them go up on the soar, that's happened a couple of times late summer.