Overview
Falconry - aspects of care of the trained falcon and hawk is a distillation of fifty years of falconry experience by leading falconer Michael Davie. This generously illustrated book concentrates on the daily care needed to maintain the trained hawk and falcon in good health, and includes planning for the new arrival by having suitable accommodation ready for the bird. The book provides a comprehensive construction guide to building the ‘weathering loft’ - a dual-purpose structure giving the falconer options of management. The book describes the training diary of a falcon covering its first-year journey including getting it through the winter, avoiding wind tip oedema and on to the moult the following spring. There is guidance about the general maintenance of the raptor including foot, beak and feather care, and notes on the development of the falcon and the hawk beyond the point of flying free. For falcon flying there is a guide to making a lure and learning to swing it. The book presents an insight into the conditioning and use of the weighing scales and record keeping to guide the falconer in the management of the trained bird. The are invaluable sections on food preparation, use of the hood and looking for a lost bird.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Davie
Publisher: The Choir Press
Imprint: The Choir Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 1.117kg
ISBN: 9781789634853
ISBN 10: 1789634857
Pages: 346
Publication Date: 16 November 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available, will be POD
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Author Information
Author Website: http://www.falconry-displays.com
Michael Davie ‘the falconer’ was born in the village of Freshford in Somerset in 1960. His family moved to the Stroud Valleys where he attended a rural school and first encountered falconry. After moving to Gloucester he was in cycling distance of the newly opened falconry centre which allowed him to watch and observe professionals at work. His skills during this period greatly improved and he became an apprentice falconer. He became a professional falconer in his mid-twenties and remained so for 35 years running his own falconry business. Along the way he took a degree in biology, a teaching certificate in rural science followed by a carpentry and joinery qualification. The latter skills being important in the guide to building the ‘weathering loft’ which is a central theme to his book. His book Falconry – aspects of care of the trained falcon and hawk is a distillation of all these skills to produce a reference and resource for others to use.
