Fantastic Human Planet prog last night - - loved it.
Now where do I get myself an Eagle ??
Now where do I get myself an Eagle ??
Yep watched that programme with my Patterdales,they`re now bringing me my slippers,cups of tea etc.Best programme ever!!
'Dunno about an Eagle, but training up a sparrowhawk would be useful here. The sparrows are a real pest and dominate everything to the extent that they drive the other birds away and crap on everything. I hear that sparrows are an endangered species elsewhere.
I watched an eagle try to drive deer over a rock face one late afternoon whilst I was sitting out at a den.. They split and came down either side of the cliff and the eagle was not amused. She wheeled up quite high and watched until a crow flew past between the edge of the corrie I was in, and the glen, croaking his way on his evening run. The eagle took a real spite at it and the last thing I saw was them both going hell-for-leather out of sight with the crow jinking and diving all over the place.
they dive like a peregrine the higher the better .off the fist they look a little clumsey but they soon pick up . the problem hunting them in lowland is getting them fit to take quarry .it is so much easier in the hills as long as u dont have the public with there small dogs about . they are a very difficult bird that requires almost full time dedication to hunt. sadly falconry has got very popular and with that comes the cowboy element trading in birds who go from owner to owner .my first harris a male cost me £1000 in the 80s now i could easily get one for as little as £100 rant over sorry.
Thanks for the "Heads up". Just watched it on iPlayer. Awesome.Fantastic Human Planet prog last night - - loved it.
Now where do I get myself an Eagle ??