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THE AMERICAN KESTREL Trailer
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2017
- A short collection of flights over the past few months.
"Handsome" is a North American Kestrel, male, hatched April 2017, hand-reared at 18 - 21 days of age. An absolute joy to fly, a member of the family. This short clip is on it's way to the local television station for airing. View actual size or full screen, turn up the volume and enjoy. Thanks for taking time to watch. Robert
Good old Times 🙂 Thanks for sharing. A female Kestrel was my first Bird of Prey
Thanks for the video. It brings back memories of a female Kestrel I flew for about a month in 1975. She'd wait on about 50 or 60 feet and I served her sparrows and did a lot of lure flying with her two.
OSH :-)
Glad this brought back fond memories.
Beautiful fierce little birds - I love the Kestrel Hover!!
Great little birds, Handsome will be back in the air early next month, done with the moult, looking forward to posting more video, stay tuned. Thanks for the comment.
Have subscribed, will look forward to more flights. Just starting my falconry apprenticeship and these amazing raptors just may be my choice! thanks so much! Its all just so exciting I cant get enough video's for now!
Kestrels are the smallest thing out there, keep her away from the tree line and groves of trees, monsters live there i.e. Cooper's. Best of luck, have fun.
Hope your apprenticeship is going well.
Pocket Slaughter Birds! Wife & I simply appreciate raptors and capture them on video when we can. Just about a week ago we learned that Kestrel's are in our area when we spotted our first one. Thanks for what you've shared here.
Glad you enjoyed the videos. Good luck spotting more birds.
Handsome done with the moult, will be back in the air next month, looking forward to posting fresh video, looks great in adult plumage, always tighter and stiffer than first year feathers. Going to be a fun season.
"The Kestrel Primer" is available online through Western Sporting Falconry and Mike's Falconry Supplies. If you're flying small raptors it's definitely worth having in your library.
Does the book explain the process to get a Kestrel to essentially “wait on” as this bird did in the video. Very impressive flying. Most Kestrels I’ve seen do not stay up like this one.
@@rwest1712 The Kestrel Primer is more about husbandry, management, and equipment. It does cover training but not specifically how to get them to "wait on." As with all training there is a degree of skill to it, would be more than happy to share what's worked for me over the years. Choose the area where you fly the bird carefully, avoid locations where easy perches are present or they'll instinctively sit down on you. Do your bridging when they're on the wing, bridge what you see and reinforce. Best of luck
Fun to watch with beautiful stills. I miss doing this myself. Thanks Bob.
Glad you enjoyed it, wonderful little bird to fly, really carves up the sky. Between Handsome and Witch (4 year old female Harris) they keep me busy. Miss doing this yourself? No time like the present. Once a falconer, always a falconer.
If you haven't already, there are several videos to view, go to link provided, select video tab, should take you right to them. czcams.com/channels/SFslwNkGGoRtIet9CtewPw.html
Very nicely done!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Perfect falcon bravo from greece!!!!!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the flights, cool little bird, flies like a demon.
If you're flying a Harris' check out my book "Understanding The Hand Me Down Harris' Hawk" available online through Western Sporting and Mike's Falconry Supplies. If you're working with a hand me down Harris' this is definitely a worth while read.
Beautiful American kestrel, good video and good music of Silent Partner. I have a kastrel hawk, is not very meek, that you can advise me?.
Handsome is .... well Handsome! Good looking bird as an adult, he's orange. Not sure how I can advise but you can reach me at roberteiser3@gmail.com.
no lure ??
No lure, too many prairie's, cooper's, sharpie's, merlin's, and red-tails about, don't want him on the ground. Same reason I fly with jesses on, I need to control him soon as he reaches the fist, we've had prairie's come out of nowhere and follow him down within 10 feet over my head. Flights start and finish on the fist or on top of my hat. Safest bet.