ellsiebird
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- Mar 19, 2011
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- "Ellsie" Female, 2 years old, Senegal
Yesterday i tried my hand at falconary, it was AMAZING.
The man whp ran it was passionate and each bird was his baby, The birds were not just show birds made to go back and forth, they were working/ huntimg birds.
He would even take rescue birds whp havent flown for 10 years, and is teaching them the art of hunting.
They ranged from kestrels, Golden eagles, peragrine falcons, siberian and european eagle owls etc etc....
But the man who ran it brought up some facinating facts about the birds that may well come into effect for parrots....
Female vs Male?? - The female is always larger, even if by the slightest gram, This meaning the females are the more dominant in the relationship and make all the moves, and the Males since the day they are born are receptive to do what teh females want.... So teh age old question what sex?? Females will be stringer spirited and harder to break, and males are easier to train and "do as there told".
Inprint VS parent reared... Its amazing the diffence between an egg that has been left with the parents and then tamed,and an egg taken as soon as it is hatched, as i witnessed with the birds of prey, an Inprint (taken from the start) see themselves as human and when ever the owner walked past would scream and shout for attention and crave for attention, With birds of prey you must teach the bird how to hunt...where as a parent raised and so much quieter and content, and no work is needed to teach them to hunt as it is an automatic skill.
The picture included shows an Inprint we took out that we had to teach to stop landing on people and that he must fly from tree to tree and return when called.
I feelt his is hugely true for Elssie, she is desperately needy, screams for me and when is out wont do her own thing but must be stroked.
Domination... Now i asked if his birds will pick who they llike, but he has had no problems due to huge so******ation, but he agrees that the ellsie sees me as her own and everyone else is a threat, he sudjested if all else has failed she is attacking mike for dominaiton ... he thinks the only way to cure this is over dominating bak, much liek if you had a dog that is testing your limits you musst knock the dog down and lay on it untill it looks away (belive its hard trying to take down a rotti/shepheard!!) he said mike must over power her that when she attacks for no reaon again the he must overpower by 'pinning' her, this would be done by wrapping herin a tea towel as carefully as possible until she is calm and the let her be.... im not 100% on this one, but he garentees it for his birds (Bearing in mind they are capeable of eatinf any parrot!!) so we will see...
It also made mee laugh he said he would rather take a bite form his golden eagle than from any parrot of any size!!
The man whp ran it was passionate and each bird was his baby, The birds were not just show birds made to go back and forth, they were working/ huntimg birds.
He would even take rescue birds whp havent flown for 10 years, and is teaching them the art of hunting.
They ranged from kestrels, Golden eagles, peragrine falcons, siberian and european eagle owls etc etc....
But the man who ran it brought up some facinating facts about the birds that may well come into effect for parrots....
Female vs Male?? - The female is always larger, even if by the slightest gram, This meaning the females are the more dominant in the relationship and make all the moves, and the Males since the day they are born are receptive to do what teh females want.... So teh age old question what sex?? Females will be stringer spirited and harder to break, and males are easier to train and "do as there told".
Inprint VS parent reared... Its amazing the diffence between an egg that has been left with the parents and then tamed,and an egg taken as soon as it is hatched, as i witnessed with the birds of prey, an Inprint (taken from the start) see themselves as human and when ever the owner walked past would scream and shout for attention and crave for attention, With birds of prey you must teach the bird how to hunt...where as a parent raised and so much quieter and content, and no work is needed to teach them to hunt as it is an automatic skill.
The picture included shows an Inprint we took out that we had to teach to stop landing on people and that he must fly from tree to tree and return when called.
I feelt his is hugely true for Elssie, she is desperately needy, screams for me and when is out wont do her own thing but must be stroked.
Domination... Now i asked if his birds will pick who they llike, but he has had no problems due to huge so******ation, but he agrees that the ellsie sees me as her own and everyone else is a threat, he sudjested if all else has failed she is attacking mike for dominaiton ... he thinks the only way to cure this is over dominating bak, much liek if you had a dog that is testing your limits you musst knock the dog down and lay on it untill it looks away (belive its hard trying to take down a rotti/shepheard!!) he said mike must over power her that when she attacks for no reaon again the he must overpower by 'pinning' her, this would be done by wrapping herin a tea towel as carefully as possible until she is calm and the let her be.... im not 100% on this one, but he garentees it for his birds (Bearing in mind they are capeable of eatinf any parrot!!) so we will see...
It also made mee laugh he said he would rather take a bite form his golden eagle than from any parrot of any size!!
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