I am finding it interesting the difference between captive bred and wild take Redtails in the initial training period. Coming from the UK I have been flying Redtails now for some 30yrs. Our Redtails of course are all captive bred and so the first time they see a human or even a tree is when we take them out of their seclusion aviaries at around 14 weeks or when they are hard penned. I believe that the wild trapped birds take to the hunting side quicker, by that I mean that they gain height in trees quicker and have learned a little about their quarry, as they have obviously survived before trapping by hunting themselves. Don't get me wrong their natural instinct soon kicks in. Keep it up, I am finding these videos really interesting.
I'm amazed at how quickly they catch on to things. I would have thought that that level of recall would take a bit more than 2 weeks worth of training. Either you're doing well with the training or I just have no sense of time scale for training a bird - maybe both. Question - Do hawks have to get used to their bells?
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He is doing awesome!!
You've done amazing work with that bird !!!
Thank you. 😊
I am finding it interesting the difference between captive bred and wild take Redtails in the initial training period.
Coming from the UK I have been flying Redtails now for some 30yrs. Our Redtails of course are all captive bred and so the first time they see a human or even a tree is when we take them out of their seclusion aviaries at around 14 weeks or when they are hard penned. I believe that the wild trapped birds take to the hunting side quicker, by that I mean that they gain height in trees quicker and have learned a little about their quarry, as they have obviously survived before trapping by hunting themselves. Don't get me wrong their natural instinct soon kicks in.
Keep it up, I am finding these videos really interesting.
Thanks for watching and I totally agree.
Nice!!!!
Every time you hold your hand up to recall him, I'm playing where's Waldo.
Lol
I'm amazed at how quickly they catch on to things. I would have thought that that level of recall would take a bit more than 2 weeks worth of training. Either you're doing well with the training or I just have no sense of time scale for training a bird - maybe both.
Question - Do hawks have to get used to their bells?
I always put the bells on before I free fly them to make sure they don't get scared by them but I've never seen one be bothered by a bell.
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He is doing awesome!!