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I visited a falconer in my area last week to learn more about getting my falconry license and I got to visit her again this week. This was Odin her three year old Harris Hawk. This week we went exploring a potential forest we could use for hunting with the boys. Turned out the boys were too heavy in weight to want to fly so we just held them on our fist and explored the area. I snapped this shot of Odin on his stand before he got his snack before we headed back home.--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
London, Ontario, Canada
November 2012
Photo © Ariel Bartlett / ~AniuLonewolf
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What a stunning bird! Gorgeous capture of him.
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Those eyes are so pretty... How much did they weigh when you went for the walk with them, if they were too heavy to want to fly?
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I think they weighed about 780grams. The falconer said that if they weigh too much then they don't want to fly/will fly but won't listen. Falconry birds have to be kept at a weight that keeps them a bit hungry so that they'll want to fly to the glove to get the treat.
I held Echo, Odin's brother and he didn't feel like he weighed that much but when you're holding him all day, your shoulder starts hurting and it was pretty cold and holding onto his leash, my hand was starting to cramp haha.
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I was holding a female Harris hawk, JC, and she only weighed two pounds, but after a while my arm really started to get tired XD So what would the normal weight they would have to be kept at be?
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I'm not sure what a normal weight would be, it's different with every bird. The falconer I visit weighs her birds every day and pays attention to how her birds react to her before going flying. She said that they usually fly good when they are at the 720grams but it depends on the temperature and how much weight they kept from their last feeding.
I live in Canada - so it gets cold and Harris Hawks are southern states birds so the falconer usually feeds them a bit more so they have more energy to keep warm in the winter.
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Ohh. Out here where I live the weather is unpredictable, normally warm to hot though. I see red-tails everywhere; I know that's the best choice for me as a beginner bird, although I would love to have a Harris. How would you weigh them if it's hot?
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You can get a gram scale, like what people weigh food on and it gives a weight in grams or maybe there's a setting for pounds. The falconer I work with has a redtail that is away for breeding, she's told me some stories about her hawk who had quite the character and personality haha
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I keep track of the red-tails that live around me, and a peregrine moved into a field next to my house. It's really cool to watch her! I think it's a female anyway XD
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