Falconry: Managing Fear in Raptors
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- In this falconry video, I discuss the principles of fear in raptors and how to manage it. There are a million falconry techniques to try to help manage fear, and countless more that will be innovated. But understanding the principles behind fear in raptors is always key to successfully training them to overcome this fear. This falconry video shares the principles and tries to help the viewer better understand it.
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Incredible philosophy shared in this video. Animals aren’t dumb, they’re just different from us. Often people dont realize that
Excellent topic, Ben! At 6:53: "Think of the mind of the animal... it is a bright beacon of consciousness..." So true and eloquently put. For centuries, philosophers and scientists have dismissed animal intelligence by evaluating it based on human traits (the topic of my master's thesis). DesCartes' automaton theory was woefully ignorant and ridiculously anthropogenic. As you addressed in other videos, falconers and wildlife educators (I am both, myself) shouldn't paint all owls as stupid, unthinking creatures because they react to some situations and training techniques differently than more visually focused birds. Yes, some species will be more effective and easier for humans to train to perform specific activities we want them to, like falconry. But steady adherence to human-requested behavioral patterns does not necessarily equate to higher intelligence. Thank you so much for raising this topic!
Would you consider doing any "Ben recommends" book reviews on raptor psychology or ethology? There are quite a few but I read one last year with a unique approach. The author began the book by telling a story from what she imagined to be the viewpoint of an owl who had been injured. Some criticized this part of the book as anthropomorphic, but I think there is something to be gained by recognizing the author's point that we need to really TRY to imagine the animal's perspective and world view to better understand what their motivations and fears are in various situations, which is driving what we often have thought of as inexplicable behavior. The book is "NOCTURNAL MINDS: Study of the behavior of nocturnal predators in captivity and specialized training guide (for falconers and wildlife educators), by Anna Sanchez.
Great video Ben. A side note I did see a Redtail going through your vids on utube...
I am very new to the falconry idea and oh boy do I want to start the process of becoming an apprentice. In the past few weeks I have watched a large portion of your videos. I am trying to be a sponge. Thank you for putting your experiences out here for all of us. Just throwing out an idea for a topic, Telemetry vs GPS
Great video as always, thanks.
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Thanks, Ben, great advice! 😉👍🥰💫 ✨️
Great knowledge & channel!! Just subscribed!👍👍 could you let me know we’re Goshawks native to the uk 🇬🇧
#45👍👏👏🤔Love your wise perspective!!❤
Thank you again for sharing! I have one question i am currently training my northern goshawk to fly to my hand. I have a great success and fast progress, but today while i was tying the rope to the porch she jumped on my shoulder, very softly didnt push her talons at all. Is it a bad thing? and if so how can i prevent the bird from jumping when i notice that she is trying to jump, if possible. Thank you in advance.
My 8 month old Barbary saw an apple for the first time. It was terrifying. 😂😂 But I get it, a huge red thing the size of her is suddenly being eaten a foot away. Lol.
What was that first bird in the video, it looked like an osprey but it was striped.
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Always informative Ben. Question for you regarding some fear with my RTH. I’m a second year apprentice and I’m intermewing my first bird this summer. He’s going through his first molt now and it is beginning to really pick up. So I am keeping him fat and as stress free as possible. So I’m not spending as much time with him as I did during the hunting season. Other than transferring him to weathering and our daily weigh ins.
With that being said I noticed that he is showing more fear of me when I handle him for those short moments and I wondered if this is because he is fatter or maybe related to what he’s going through in the molt? Or maybe because I don’t handle him as much. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks!
It’s definitely a mix of both. I’ve intermewed many redtails and found that it’s always a good idea to sacrifice some handling to ensure a good molt. Obviously with high weight the hawk has no incentive to work with humans but behavior during the molt can be erratic on its own. You’ll find that any lost progress during the summer will be regained much quicker than any initial training. The hawk will still know what he’s doing when you get his weight down eventually but a few “training sessions” could be used almost as a reminder. Hope that can calm your nerves
Yes it definitely does. Thank you!
Hey what species would you recommend for hunting geese in a town park also curious if you have ever heard of someone doing a gyr x red tailed Hawk
I’ve hunted canal geese and city geese at golf courses (with permission) with goshawks, Harris hawks, and golden eagles. Geese are strong fighters and usually any other geese nearby come to the air of the attacked goose and they will all attack your bird. So it is crucial to be very careful and to be able to jump in an help your bird immediately if they catch one
How about some demonstration
hello Ben
Can birds be bred out of their instincts? Or make new breeds? Like humans have done to everything else from dogs, cats, boars, horses ECT.
Probably. But it's not permitted
How about learning how to speak bird?
One can learn to speak bird, the trick is getting the accent right