Falconry
Falconry

Author: Stuart Rossell

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781888357042

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A book/dvd combination title designed to provide all the information needed by a beginning falconer when starting to train a new hawk. It is written by a falconer who has trained 100s of falconers in both the USA and UK and has trained virtually every type of hawk. The author also flies hawks and falcons for bird abatement at airports and other public areas.

Falconry and Hawking
Falconry and Hawking

Author: Phillip Glasier

Publisher: Batsford

Published: 1998-08-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780713484076

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The 4,000-year-old sport of falconry, once the pastime of royalty and aristocracy, is still thriving with clubs throughout the UK and the US. Phillip Glasier's book is a classic text on the subject and considered the definitive guide for falconers. It covers all aspects of falconry from its history and development to training, housing, tools, equipment and skills. There are chapters on: Handling the new arrival •Condition •Manning and early training •Flying free and getting fit •Flying falcons out of the hood •Flying shortwings •Game Hawking •Moulting •Lost Hawks •Hack and Hacking back •Dogs for Hawking •Making hoods, belts, bags and gloves Glasier also gives complete details of all the birds most commonly used, and reveals their character and individual temperaments in his own case histories. With every technique explained through step-by-step instructions and ilustrated with over 170 photographs and diagrams, "Falconry and Hawking" is an essential reference for falconers throughout the world.

Visual Engagements
Visual Engagements

Author: Yannis Hadjinicolaou

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-09-21

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 3110618583

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What is the relation between image practices and the iconic power of flying and more specifically falconry? The book investigates for the first time this interaction by focussing on common intersections between culture and nature, vision and gaze, tactility and perception, perspective and surveillance, material and symbol. Also questions concerning political iconology, the migration of objects and images of human-animal interactions are addressed. With contributions by Baudouin van den Abeele, Horst Bredekamp, Robert Felfe, Peter Geimer, Yannis Hadjinicolaou, Christine Kleiter, Klaus Krüger, Tanja Michalsky, Andrea Pinotti, Herman Roodenburg, Monika Wagner, Gerhard Wolf and Frank Zöllner.

Ospreys in Falconry
Ospreys in Falconry

Author: Kaky McLendon

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-28

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781735575100

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Ospreys in Falconry: Lessons Learned is a book detailing one falconer's attempts at keeping ospreys healthy and flying them as successful falconry birds. After experience with several birds, the authors describe husbandry and falconry training techniques which are tailored specifically for ospreys--a bird with a reputation for being difficult to care for and impossible to succeed with as a falconer's hunting partner. Well, fishing partner.

Laggard
Laggard

Author: Ronald Stevens

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780888396990

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In this first book by Ronald Stevens, published in 1953, the celebrated falconer writes with evocative charm of his life at his country estate in post-war Britain. A reprint of famed falconer Ronald Stevens' beautifully written memoir of life on his estate in post-war Britain, his extensive journeys in Iceland in search of the gyrfalcon, and his enduring passion for the sport of falconry. The author's vivid descriptions and elegant writing transports readers to a simpler world.

Hawk Chalk
Hawk Chalk

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13:

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Vol. 8, no. 2, Aug. 1969 includes Northwest falconry news, v. 4, no. 1, 1969.