Ebook: Falconry

The only guide to every aspect of living and working with owls, wirtten by one of the world's top experts in the field of birds of prey: Jemima Parry-Jones, owner of the world-famous National Birds of Prey Centre. Owls have become increasingly popular as pets, as birds that specialists want to breed, or that people want to fly for pleasure, or to train and fly for demonstrations at zoos and bird of prey centres, and even as birds to use for hunting. It will help you understand owls to assure your own owl of the best possible situation in captivity. Jemima Parry-Jones covers everything to help you learn more about owls, either to keep them, breed them, or to train and fly one: taxonomy, biology; owl anatomy, morphology and behavior, housing and equipment, breeding owls, incubation, rearing, maintaining and managing your owls, training and hunting.;Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Taxonomy; Biology: Owl Anatomy, Morphology & Behaviour; Keeping Owls; Housing and Equipment; Owls for Breeding; Maintaining and Managing your Owls; First Attempts at Breeding; Incubation; Rearing; Training an Owl; Hunting with Owls; Appendices; Bibliography; List of Annex a Species (1997); About the Author; Loved this book?; Copyright.