Escaped Harris hawk.
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The person who doesn't want to be blamed for all the injuries people have sustained as a result of the bird dive bombing local residents and clawing their heads.
I expect the owner is keeping a low profile, and just hoping it'll eventually come home on its own.
FrenchieBoy
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Hopefully all's well that ends well!
At least it was live trapped rather than being shot or something worse!
At least it was live trapped rather than being shot or something worse!
Bo Diddley
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We had an escaped Harris in the garden for weeks a few years ago. The experienced falconer who lost it (she had only just picked it up, tethered it to a perch in the garden, and it broke its jesse and flew off) never did manage to catch it.
The owner had been trying to capture it for some time, but presumably didn't have the skills to do so.
Once it hit the news for slapping humans on the head, a couple of knowledgeable falconers sorted the situation fairly promptly.
Once it hit the news for slapping humans on the head, a couple of knowledgeable falconers sorted the situation fairly promptly.
FrenchieBoy
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There's no substitute for experience!
Indeed. It isn't often a straightforward job to capture even a well-trained hawk, they can go "feral" quite quickly.
And the fact the bird was going for people further tells me that's it's another bird gone to waste due to poor training
Jon P
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If male birds are used for AI of different species- some are trained to land in a hat and release semen . My hawk is good with people and dogs- but will give a dog a swipe if it misses rabbits and thinks the dog was at fault- lots of reasons s for it to go rogue- it was just on radio that person who caught bird was being attacked by said bird and throw a cage trap at it which happen to catch it around shoulder and wing.And the fact the bird was going for people further tells me that's it's another bird gone to waste due to poor training
TringSaint
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kenbro
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I think the owner was a bit slow off the mark in trying to recovery it.
Unless the person who sold it to the present (But absent) owner trained it to hunt menheads.
You mean menbullets
It’s not necessarily due to poor training. If it’s been feeding well when wild then it’s probably more to do with hormones/territory protection at this time of year.And the fact the bird was going for people further tells me that's it's another bird gone to waste due to poor training
It could well have been lost in the first place for that reason though( or more likely a 2nd hand bird bought by someone without a clue).
I don’t know the circumstances though, but it is a common theme.
kenbro
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Correct.
TringSaint
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I’m suspecting it has been dumped in the woods and left to dent for itself.
It was caught by a jogger who threw a cage over it by all accounts.
At one point they were going to shoot it!!
It was caught in a trap left in a garden that it used to visit.
shakey jake
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Sad as that may sound the last thing we need is another invasive species. Our stupid rules mean you need a license to trap your own pet bird if it escapes. I doubt shooting is legal either but it would be criminal damage i would think.
And who is they?
The fact that it's a Harris Hawk (usually steady Hawks) tells me all I need to know seen it so many times people can get them so easily and think they can train it granted the odd newbie can and will do well but the majority are out their depth . I had a bitchy female Harris she would get footy when at low weight, lesson learned and further training with both parties soon sorted that issue.
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