Falconry: Intro to Gyr falcons

[@KikiYushima]

This video was _enormously_ helpful. I mentioned elsewhere that I'm writing about falconry and my birds of choice are gyrs. I have the big bible of falconry "The Art of Falconry" but videos like this are just _so_ helpful. Thank you _so_ much!

[@davidlane8811]

Agreed. Enormously helpful to me too but for a different reason! We just bought a cabin in Alaska and it’s on a Gyrfalcon Drive. I just wanted to know how to say it, but I ended up watching and enjoying the whole video!

[@cassanova9322]

Can you please name the author of the book so I can read it too?

[@tikriti6538]

انا احب الصقور ولدي نوع جير ابيض انا اعتني به جداً جداً. نحن العرب نحترم الصقر. (انا صقار) ❤

[@Deejaay83urj38]

​@@tikriti6538you have a white hawk? How wonderful. Yes, I know your passion for hawk and horse! I feel the same

[@Deejaay83urj38]

This is fantastic. Thank you, so interesting for those of us with a passion for these beauties. What videos would we like? I'd love to hear stories about your adventures and see your birds and your countryside

[@robinbank5]

I love how you "do their voices." 😆😂 It's great and makes the video fun while helping to understand their behavior differences. Absolutely fascinating video. I love your vids. I first started watching Amy on Falconry and Me. I love birds of prey and I'm in awe of these birds and falconry in general. Thank you!

[@Kingtstayle]

I'm listening to this and never had an Falcon before 😅

[@noahmorris6519]

Always thought about getting into gyrfalcons my general year, this is useful information thank you Ben

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Noah Morris if you have the choice, I’d do a social imprint over a chamber raised bird for your first gyr. You will swear a lot less that way 😁 hope you get one! They are incredible

[@noahmorris6519]

@@benwoodrufffalconry Thank you for the wisdom on gyrs. I've never been able to really learn about them. neither my sponsor nor other falconers I know have ever bothered to use them.

[@waynekieft4952]

If you have a full head of hair expect to lose it within a season!!!!

[@bristimaiti6853]

Please do a introduction video on a saker falcon

[@briscocounty2810]

Another great video, Ben. As you said, gyrs often tangle themselves up when tied to their blocks. My gyrs will pivot around and around in the same direction while atop their blocks. Their jesses hang down and so the leash gets wrapped around the post numerous times. When that happens, of course, the leash won't unwrap itself when the falcon bates, and your bird is in trouble if you're not watching carefully. Good advice to keep a close eye on tethered gyrs.

[@jahkristjanfari]

Dude, I love these videos. Keep em coming.

[@johnstwistedego1]

I love these. I think what stands out is your ability to speak to the behaviors of these various raptors when it comes to hunting methods. Also the way they tend to react toward the falconer. I don't see this level of knowledge imparted from anyone else right now. (lots of great falconers, but few getting into the nitty gritty of behavior) Keep it up!

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

John Grove thanks! I appreciate your kind words. It helps keep my spirits up to keep making these.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

​@benwoodrufffalconry yes you must. Those like me who love falcons but have no opportunity to have . . it's a comfort to be part of falconry by your generous sharing. Banned in Australia, we are not even allowed to have as a pet.

[@gregoryh4601]

Thanks Ben Great time to learn more about falconry. Take Care Peace be With You

[@45seventeen77]

Gyres are loyal, smartest bird I've ever worked with, aplimato's have that same affection for humans.

[@falko-fuglekontrol3671]

Love your videos. Thank you. Keep it up Ben

[@skyking6989]

Well I took my state exam and two days later I'm moving out west to Denver Colorado. I guess I'll reach out to clubs in Denver when I get moved and go from there. I've always wanted to live out west and I'm getting my wish! Can't wait

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

SkyKing thats Great news!!!

[@slayergaming2294]

Hello Ben Great informative videos, keep up the good work 👍, love to know if you would know a chap from the UK originally lived in Ireland here for a bit as far as I know he moved to Canada to breed Gry falcons his name was either Michael Devlin or Michael Boone had a son called Max, excellent falconer and breeder,? cheers JP Ireland 🇨🇮👍

[@gregoryh4601]

Dear Ben thanks So much for the info I still learning and working hard . I have to get my feet wet first. GryFalcon are so Pretty in White. Thanks Greg of Ohio

[@StoneE4]

Video Request... I know this isn't a bird typically used in falconry, but I'd love to learn more about the northern harrier. If you have the time and feel comfortable enough with your knowledge of them, I'd love to see a you do a video on them. Thanks for the informative and entertaining videos. Being cooped up for the last couple of weeks, I'm finding them even more valuable than I did in the past. 👍👍

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

StoneE4 actually, I have hunted canal ducks with them before. I have flown a male and two females. They aren’t good falconry birds, but they can do it. People always mock the idea. And yet in New Zealand the only raptor they can hunt with is harriers! Let me think on the best way to go about it and maybe I’ll make a video. A lot of haters will rip on it, but it is still fascinating. Thank for the great suggestion!

[@StoneE4]

​@@benwoodrufffalconry - Maybe this is a myth, but I've read that there was a time when a lot of people mocked the idea of hunting with a harris hawk. 🤷‍♂️ If you decide not to do a video on the harrier maybe you could do a general video on what makes some birds worse than others for falconry. The harrier has always fascinated me by the way they hover with, what appears to be, such little effort. They remind me of big, owl-faced hummingbirds with talons. 😄 Anyway, thanks for the consideration.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

StoneE4 thanks! I did a post last year sometime on them for the falcon refund, and I had thought at the time that it might be fun to do a video so if you don’t see it in the next three weeks, type another reminder in here and I’ll get it done

[@mrmurphypiers1241]

You won’t find many harriers on a grouse more ask a gamekeeper.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

StoneE4 okay I should have a harrier video up late tomorrow 👍

[@kevinparker461]

Good explanation of why Peregrines are better!

[@Lowlandlord]

Awesome video btw, beautiful birds.

[@goshawkrst]

I love you´re videos ! Thankyou !

[@pakcanhunter]

Just the thing I was looking for.

[@willgraham8878]

Since female Gyrfalcons are larger and heavier than a female Red Tailed Hawk I've wondered why Red Tails so often attack them and steal their kill and even kill the gyr. This seems to happen with both trained birds and those in the wild! I would think the Red Tail hawk would be afraid of another raptor this large and formidable.

[@DocDabuca]

Can you make a video on Ferruginous hawks?

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Absolutely!!! Hopefully I will do that one in May. Maybe sooner

[@JERFALCON]

Such a great depiction. Cheers bro

[@alanfaulkner5266]

Great video Ben! please do more videos in depth like this, nobody else on yt is covering these topics of falconry. Have you met Martin Tyner of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation of Utah?

[@heidiholtz4382]

Alan: what do you think of that foundations channel?

[@barnabas111]

Ben, We need a part 2 video on Gyr Falcons in falconry. I’m interested in “flying from the fist” hunting style as well as “waiting on”. Great video.

[@adamhorton2361]

Hey Ben, would love to see some videos on training peregrines, and any info about them would be great. Oh by the way watched your lure making video and made one of my own, it came out alright im happy with it. Why buy it when you can make it thats part of the fun of falconry.

[@personalDM]

just in time before going to be, I´ll sleep really well, thanks Ben.

[@njfalconry]

Your the best!!

[@improbablewargaming]

I am flying one this year!

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

That’s awesome! Wishing you the best of luck! Gyrs will try you. But are well worth it

[@improbablewargaming]

​@@benwoodrufffalconryI have teenage Duaghters. lmao

[@pakfloormaintenance.6428]

Very nice

[@ClosedOnSundays6]

can you do a video on sharp-shinned hawks

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

OC DareDevils definitely. I’m planning to do an intro video, and probably a training video in the summer. Definitely doing a sharpie nest video late summer

[@lohikarhu734]

A simple (?) Question: how many raptors have you 'owned', in those years, and how many, of which types, do you keep/work with, today? You seem to love something about *most* of them, but seem passionate about several...

[@christophergibson5831]

What would be better for a first hawk to hunt both bird and ground game via horseback?

[@Lowlandlord]

I wonder if the water thing is like with humans. Cold water in your face creates a biological response where your system uses less oxygen (as I recall blood vessels constrict so that less volume travels per second), it’s a natural response to prevent drowning but also does calm people down. Maybe hawks have something similar in their feet?

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Braden Scott I hadn’t thought of that. That could very well be. That’s an awesome theory

[@mrmurphypiers1241]

Falcons being sprayed or even soaked during the manning process puts them into a trance same way it calms down Race horses. A falcon will sit for hours with its wings open drying itself and preening “Putting itself back together”. I’ve never seen a wet falcon “Bate” from the block. Duck legs with the meat stripped off work wonders and keep him busy for hours and give him mental stimulation and keeps the mandible worn down also builds up muscle in the legs and neck. Put your stripped off duck legs on the block first then bring your falcon from the mews to the block tied to the glove take your time never let the falcon see you bring him food or he will start screaming. When a falcon is wet on the block is also a good time to walk around him with the dog and get him used to everything taking advantage of this window.

[@pakcanhunter]

i love gyrs. one day im gonna own a few after i get some time with other species.

[@davemyers7507]

Where did you get the Batlur eagle 🦅 at ?grate information I have a 13 year old Gyr female

[@peregrinesmith1117]

If you want the highest flying falcon you will ever see, read " High flying Gyrfalcons" by Vic Hardaswick ang Kent Christopher. I've saw Vic's bird wait on regularly wait on out of binocular range.

[@Abu-Saham]

The Gery falco is that it does not move, it settles in a place and takes it like a lion, and if a peregrine falcon or any falcon enters its area, it eats it. I have two falcons that have eaten, but when you move it, you feel that you are transporting a real falcon.

[@gillianloomes-quinn1289]

Feathers between toes reminds me of the furry between-toes we see in Norwegian Forest Cats 🐈

[@thefoxoropeza7906]

Best KZbin falconer

[@ac9356]

The word u said when u was talking about finding the bird is that a type of gps in them like a chip or a tracking tag

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

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[@benwoodrufffalconry]

A C this is what I use. I put a link to the product. It is an external transmitter that goes on the leg

[@Henry-hy3bd]

I think gyrfalcons are the coolest birds ever

[@MalekJ3105]

I love gyrs but I live in the middle east so it can be too hot for them

[@45seventeen77]

Put a radio signal.

[@Brezk-j6o]

They don't need speed they power imdaite strength but get one to go up 3000 feet and stoop vertical there hit 300 mph.rareley and boant is ussie to pull out so they need about 500 feet pull up but they are the fastest just don't wait on directy above and rarely stoop strait vertical also very entelgent and hard to get flights that are necessary over kill difficult.

[@trevorsa6lack9uy]

You said pulmonary, but I think you meant circulatory.

[@JanJan-bv9in]

Please give me an falcon please

[@CEROTOPHRYS]

Please lose the animal voices, it’s highly irritating!

[@Brezk-j6o]

I got my dress shirt for falconry function.

[@Brezk-j6o]

The fergnouse is the largest beato.

[@Brezk-j6o]

Gyr ferrignouse reflection simlair to red tail and prarie american kestrel has strange reflection ornate hawk eagle blue ain't possable in hawk chilan blue is wird but kestrel has a strange reflection..

[@Brezk-j6o]

I ust to know where sevrole gyr falcon Aries are like three of them but I've never seen a white one and it's easy to mistake them for ferrignouse hawk and people not really looking for them it's easy to just asome it's a ferrignouse hawk on that that part of the salt lake valley it's grey almost white but the white chocolate chip gyr I've never seen one but silver and not black either like silver or light but cute white or black and Im aware others know that and I'm also weling to keep that a secret and just be some one that knows secrets speeds numbers range all that's messy and the cover clues book cover than you learn than you know things no one cares about or is going with for sosail exseptence and im ok with a secret knower id like to document things in a resrected file.