Falconry: Ferruginous Hawks introduction

[@teslawhite]

I live in Montana, they are incredibly common here, I hunt geese with them and rabbits. A just jumped from the nest I plucked off the ground female was my first bird ever and I fall into the just absolutely love them category. I never hooded, they've never needed it at all, mine have been so relaxed. I just put a perch on my front seat. I've shared this with a friend and look forward to watching more of your videos because this one is so accurate.

[@jasongustafson1824]

Nice vid Ben. I’ve flown a couple passage Ferruginous. Another quirk that I’ve encountered is their response to game flushed at my feet. They sometimes will just watch game run 20-30 yards before they pursue. They prefer long flights to “rat hawking”.

[@brushwolf]

As always, good stuff Ben!

[@RobinASmith138]

I love these videos. I always learn something new watching each one.

[@sloughwaya7291]

I learned so much from this video, thank you!

[@loriannlong2018]

There is a nest on a radio tower here at our park. I saw it for the 1st time this week. Didn't know what kind it was, and after my research to see it's a ferruginous hawk, I was so giddy. Now, when I go walk, I check on it with my binoculars. Your KZbin was very informative. Thx

[@adityavaibhav4941]

Absolutely loved it, thanks for sharing 🙏

[@kayjeecreative3712]

So good! Thanks for doing this excellent video Ben! It seems I have a good amount of these near me (Antelope Valley, CA) and even saw one perching on a telephone pole the other week. It was mostly white and shocking to see instead of a red tail haha. Great to learn more about their use in falconry 🙌

[@starryeyedfalconry]

Awesome explanation, Ben. But now it’s request time. We have reached the end of the Falconry season(for the most part). Any chance we might see an upcoming video on different methods of intermewing your birds? This might even be coupled with a comparison as to why you would keep vs release a bird, as well as should you release before or after the molt. I guess it could be an “end of season, proper care/maintenance” episode. Thanks for the time you put in. I appreciate all the content.

[@mike3824]

The “purests”in Europe would call us ursurpers an Sultans of American West, Von Van Funkawist

[@stephenjohns8879]

Like all the ben videos I have seen, informative, very interesting and I would not know BV where else to get this BV info..

[@Toothandtalon]

This is my favorite raptor species in North America. I had the chance to work closely with one for a few months and I loved him. I didn’t hunt with him so I’m excited to give it a try someday.

[@BeneathTheGold]

Fascinating stuff as always Ben👍

[@deviljhodan9082]

Thank you so much for this video! I have wanted to fly Ferrugs since I started falconry. Initially I just thought of them as a step up to golden eagles (another species I really want to fly) but I have really fallen in love with Ferrugs, so this will really help me for when I can trap one.

[@mamiiicab9184]

😊👍👍👍Merci beaucoup! Super video!

[@robertmartinez5226]

I am completely novice. I really enjoyed your presentation sir

[@firebain]

Thank you. I am nearing my general falconer status and considering which bird next. This vid was extremely informative and what I needed to hear.

[@lohikarhu734]

As always, very, very interesting? The few images of them, they have a really beautiful head...btw, I guess that there are not too many folks flying them, so not much video; one comment, below, described their abilities to do hard chases, and tbey sound like a really interesting, though perhaps difficult, raptor to fly. Danke sehr!

[@mickrowley2264]

Can not wait to get my ferruginous flying this year.👍🇬🇧

[@beefboy9500120953]

really really enjoying your stuff man, lets get plenty of new ones!

[@carlobrigante4764]

Great info. Interesting about their muscle build.

[@NeuKrofta]

Do people fly Broad-Winged Hawks? They are very common where I live and they are so interesting yet I can't find nearly anything about them.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

I don’t personally know anyone who has hunted broad wings. They are so small it would likely be difficult to get them to go after any traditional buteo prey. That being said, I had a friend who lived in southern Mexico for a while and he trained and hunted with a couple of roadside hawks. This is basically a neoteopical broadwing. In fact all the older bird guide books even called them “tropical broad wings” kind of like if you look up gundlach’s hawk, you can see they are a tropical Cooper’s hawk. I don’t remember what he hunted them on. He said they weren’t very gamy. But he did have success. That’s the closest thing I know to anyone hunting with a broadwing.

[@NeuKrofta]

@@benwoodrufffalconry That's interesting, people say the same things about red shoulders and swainsons. I just love seeing them hunt in the woods when they're here. Sadly I see a lot of them on the road hit by cars too. Falconers seem to know more about raptors than the biologists haha. I always wanted to know more about their behavior and you have a great way of explaining how different birds are. You should go on The Wild Times podcast.

[@johnabbott4424]

Great video ben as usual but the one thing I would say about the ferruginous is the feathers get water logged in no time when it's raining or the ground is wet or at least I found that to be the case over here in the UK I flew both the male and the female and to be honest I wish I hadn't of bothered as I couldn't do them justice with the hunting ground that I had the permission I had far more suited the gosses Harris and retails I flew. Thanks for another great video

[@troymoody1179]

I know you mentioned passage vs eyas (imprint) take. What is your opinion on a fledgling/late brancher take. I know a lot of people have tried that route but have never heard anything good or bad about them.

[@lamaspacos]

Ferruginous have ECOLOGICAL characteristics of hierofalcons (in this case replacing the Saker falcon of eurasia) and of Steppe eagles. On the other hand, they have enormous variation in size.

[@shariffroberts3193]

Great video

[@cristianleon7584]

Thank you for creating this content. I would love if you could make an extra effort and put them on Spanish. I have almost always believed that these videos are quite useful to be better falconers and I saw all your videos again if they were subtitled in Spanish. A big hug from a Salvadoran falconer!

[@sauronthegreat489]

If I may ask what's falconry like in El Salvador???

[@georgeblanco436]

Never flown one; seen a few 20 years ago an wow. This thing top end speed was the fastest of any hawk. Harris hawks and gos hawks like foot flushes a good RT will take long jack flights (100 yards +) but this thing was taken super long slips. I forget the name of the owner, he mentioned he had taken a bunch of geese from 1/4 mile slips with his. Their wing cord is longer than RT and the books seem to agree. Their wings resemble falcon wings where a RT wings have a higher aspect angle ratio because of what and where they hunt (squirrels, birds and rabbits near woods). Both have very similar wing loading much higher than Harris hawks . The owner mentioned they struggle in cover. Check out marks falconry on you tube he flies a ferrugxRT on brown hares and pheasant and this thing is faster than any gos .

[@AlexPerez-fc3ov]

My wife and neighbor found one eating a squirrel 30 miles south of Chicago, a very rare sighting to see these in illinois.

[@shereesmazik5030]

So it is possible that’s what I have been seeing on telephone poles !

[@featherspreaderinc3146]

Flew a dark morph male on turkey.

[@gabrielebrasolin8073]

Just a fun fact: I had the possibility to work with a ferruginous hawk, no problems whatsoever with the bird until she was on my glove, she would streak clawing and biting my glove, with a concerned face I asked the owner why she was attacking the glove, he replied:" she doesn't like green gloves".

[@dlaughlin9]

Thank you so much for this video Ben. I just finished my first year as apprentice and ever since I started this journey, the Ferrug might be the bird I’m most intrigued by. Absolutely beautiful birds. I live in Colorado and I have a pair that hangout near a field I hunt with my red tail. Two questions, would I be banging my head against the wall trying one as a first year general? And does Utah have a take limit on them, just curious? Thanks again

[@sauronthegreat489]

I'm in Wyoming and I think we have them and no take limit.

[@mac-y.n.v.-me7043]

How can I get started? Black man in Nebraska and finding it hard to find someone.

[@brushwolf]

Mac, did anyone ever help you?

[@noahmorris6519]

can you do a video on the jangoli

[@davidwarriors5419]

It is interesting that you didn't mention waiting on / soar hawking. In SoCal that is the only way I have seen them flown with an occasional oopsie jack off the fist.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Oh shoot!!!!! I had actually recorded this twice. The first version the sound was screwed up because the mic wasn’t plugged in properly so there was a static rasp through the whole thing. So I went back and recorded a second time. And I totally forgot to mention any spar hawking or ridge hunting on the second attempt. I appreciate you reminding that. Soar hawking is a hugely effective way to hunt them.

[@richardlellip.e.m.b.a.7969]

I swear I had a Falconry book authored by Woodruff (you're too young)? -- I'm one of the few that has flown a passage hen Goshawk that I caught -- best bird in falconry, in my opinion.

[@briscocounty2810]

They're not as fast as Harris Hawks are they?

[@gordonjackson2832]

I’ve got a female ferruginous hawk and a male ferrutail hawk

[@btakin8737]

Not particularly pertinent to this video but how about a video on hybrids and why, I just saw an ad for HH X Gos And of course the Falcon hybrids

[@TedHouk]

Friends w most of my Buteos

[@Sardonic_Cynic]

I live on the coast so I don't see these, but neat!

[@phillipwasson2980]

✔😎👌

[@itzbert]

I have one of these guys stalking my balcony 15 floors up in santa monica. I think my cat originally attracted him. tons of squirrels below and pigeons nearby to troll too. its unbelievable how fast and smart they are, i've seen him shoot up in the sky and freefall like 60mph+ repeatedly just for fun. looks like a plane in the distance, nothing else like it around here. when we make eye contact I feel an uncomfortable visceral communication. i've even had him hover in front of my window staring at me like oh, you're inside now?

[@richardlellip.e.m.b.a.7969]

Instead of talk, how about field footage -- are you a game hawker or bird keeper?

[@jacygreen9520]

You down to study a harpy eagle where monkies and sloths are scarse study a Prarie where native Americans no not to go in that erea that's what I'm into.

[@KestrelBone-pd2gt]

What up my nafa.