Flying

Well September is still a bit quiet but it has it's moments.

Last Monday we were at Cameron House doing a hawk walk using Mardy (male Harris Hawk) when he was thinking about creating 1 of his incidents if you like. To give you a bit of background information on Mardy. He is 1 of the most up for it Harris hawks to try and catch something. When we first got him and were training him on the creance (long line) he was trying to catch things. Well, he had a moment on Monday. He thought it would be a great idea to try and catch a juvenile herring gull on the front lawn of the hotel. Thankfully he missed.

The hawk walk on Thursday using Mardy passed with out incident.

The birds that we have started  flying again after their moult are all doing well. Amber (female Harris Hawk) is now flying free. We are now working on her fitness. Dylan (Barn Owl) is still a little way ward but seems to be doing ok. Saying that we have a big event in Edinburgh on Saturday so I will use Albe the other Barn Owl as she seems a bit more reliable.

I have also been flying Gigha (Peregrine Falcon) so we have a falcon flying. He is doing well and looking great even though I haven't flown him in over 2 months. I will probably use him for the event this coming Saturday as Bob is still a bit of the mark. He is getting better and little bit calmer in his pen.

Bob is improving but he just makes everything hard work and awkward. I am still not sure when he was last flown but the worst case would be 4 years ago. That's a long time. His fitness seems to be taking forever to improve. It is quiet this week so hopefully we should be able to fly him on a regular basis but the weather is not great so that may go against us.