Here is the photo of the falconry glove that I order. This photo is not by me, but the seller… however, hope he don’t mind if I show the photo here… well, since I buy from him anyway…
Last night my sparrow hawk come to fist again (after 2 days he refuse to come…only jump to fist if it is very near)…
Last night, it fly to fist from about a meter space. not too bad, and I think it is a good improvement, after nearly 2 week I have it.
Overall, the progress is [...]
Finally yesterday I pick up my perch… need some adjustment because the blacksmith didn’t know what I want actually… but the result is not too bad.
I buy some rope to wrap it so my sparrow can perch on the ‘rope’. Here below is the photo of the bow perch.
another angle:
Today I went to a local blacksmith and ask him to make a bow perch for me…
I should be able to get it maybe tomorrow or the day after. Not sure how it will turn out but hopefully it is good.
Will post the photo later on.
Starting yesterday, I handfeed the sparrow hawk. I let him feed from my hand instead of from the glove. I think this will make him more confident with my hand and not feel nervous whenever I touch him.
He is doing better today, still bath away, but lesser. since I am not work today, I have [...]
Today is the third day I got my sparrow hawk. A new experiance since I never had a sparrow hawk before. it is a ‘nervous’ experiance since I know that they are a nice and good species for hunting… but I am not very sure if I can bring out the best from them.
okay, here [...]