Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Yesterday Mark and I spent the day at Margam Park near
Swansea filming for a series. Well to be more accurate we spent the morning
waiting to film and the afternoon filming. There was a chap with all the stunt
horses who came up and talked to Mark and came out with one of my least
favourite comments. He asked Mark if he had been to some French bird of prey
centre, and Mark said no, and he said – they do the best demonstrations in the
world – I think that is so rude. If he had said it to me I would have said –
have you seen the so and so horse team, they do the best stunt horses in the
world!!! It really pisses me off when people do that – ah well he also told
Mark that birds of prey can tell if you are scared by scenting you, which is
pretty bloody clever as apart from three New World Vultures the rest don’t have
a sense of smell, I hope he is more accurate with his horses!! The film job
went really well, the birds were asked to do some quite difficult stuff and
they performed brilliantly and did not put a foot or beak wrong, they did all
that was asked of them, we were very proud of them. Shanny who did the bulk of
the work did her last day as we have now retired her, she has been a star for
years, and had not flown that well this year so we decided she has earnt her retirement,
she will of course stay with the Centre for the rest of her life.
I did a demonstration with my Sparrowhawk today, I did
put him back on a line as he was a little nervous, but he was brilliant, so I
might try him loose tomorrow, he is loose on his own and is called Deneb.
Pioneer is back on duty and flying well although very unfit. We have a new
Merlin thanks to Greg – thank you Greg she is lovely. The Lesser Kestrel Ara is
coming on, and the two new Kites are lovely, particularly John’s who has
recovered from its cracked leg bone and is already catching in mid air,
although it does not quite know what to do with the meat once it has caught
it!!
We decided that Dusky Emperor was bored of her
routine, so to change it we have introduced her to the dummy bunny – at first
she was horrified and thought about flying in the opposite direction, but now
she is getting very interested and today killed it well and truly and then let
it go and when I pulled it away she ran after it and killed it again!! I think
she will soon get the idea although I think the local wild rabbits are safe for
a while!
The new Grey Buzzard Eagle is just wonderful and
should go loose tomorrow, although that is more than can be said for my new
Tawny Eagle who is a bad tempered person and although the same age, the same
rearing, the same handling and training, is not ready to go loose yet!
Bookings for the Falconry Weekend are now full, which
is wonderful, in fact even all the Space Only has gone!!! As long as the
weather is fair it should be a great weekend for everyone. Charlie is coming
down and the house will be full. Don’t miss it!!
Jules is going up to London for the ParaOlympics, so
Art and I will have to do without her teaching for two weeks!! We have a lesson
tomorrow and then we are on our own for a bit, although he is going away for
the Falconry Weekend as I need his field for parking and camping and I don’t
think the campers would really appreciate his nosiness!!
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what is the latest news on the hobby please mima?
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