Michael Davie

Broschiertes Buch

Falconry - aspects of care of the trained falcon and hawk

Including a step-by-step guide to building the 'weathering loft', foot care, beak care, food preparation, the first winter and the diary of training a lanneret.

Beschreibung

A comprehensive guide to keeping and caring for Hawks for new and experience falconers

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Choir Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1142g
• ISBN-13: 9781789634853
• ISBN-10: 1789634857
• Artikelnr.: 71876687