Training Birds of Prey

by Jemima Parry-Jones

An introductory guide to everything the serious falconer needs to know about training, handling, and flying raptors from the five family groups.Learn how to train birds of prey correctly and safely. Jemima Parry-Jones, owner and director of the International Centre for Birds of Prey, covers everything the serious falconer needs to know about the five family eagles, hawks, falcons, buzzards and owls.You will learn about handling, training, and flying. This guide will also tell you what sort of bird to get, how to find out where to get one, what sort of housing and equipment you need, how to sort out a food supply and what to feed, and also how to find a good veterinarian.

Genres: Birds

343 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

Jemima Parry-Jones (born 6 March 1949) is a British authority on birds of prey (raptors), a conservationist, author, raptor breeder, lecturer, consultant, and is the Director of the International Centre for Birds of Prey. In June 1999, she was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday honours list for services to bird conservation.

Reviews

[Stevie Carroll · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is written not so much as a how-to as an aide memoire for those who have been on a practical falconry course first. As such it didn't meet my requirements in terms of researching how my fictional falconer would go about her tasks as hinted at by the book's title. I also found Parry-Jones' tone a little too abrasive at times, although I admire her passion for the subject, and felt that some of the illustrations would have been easier to understand if diagrams had replaced or supplemented the photographs.

I liked the cartoons, however, and the colour illustrations of the various birds were spectacular.

NB, this was quite an old edition from the library, and I'm not certain whether an updated edition would have had some of the areas I've criticised ironed out.