Falconry: Introduction to Aplomado falcons

This falconry video give an introduction to Aplomado Falcons and their use in falconry. Aplomado falcons are mentally and physically unlike any traditionally utilized falcon species. This video discusses their strengths, weaknesses, and unusual abilities and mentality.
If you would like to learn more about their unusual origins, check out this video:
• Falconry: Did falconry...
If you would like to see how their hunting style compares to the similarly sized cooper's hawk, check out this video: • Falconry: Quail hawkin...
Special thanks to Hayley Busch for letting me film her falcon for this video
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[@machinegunlament]

Love how engaging your descriptions of various birds hunting is. That was incredibly fun ahahaha

[@HunterHawk]

You, Ben, are the only video-maker that describes so incredibly visually well that I can see it, without even seeing it! Thank you for the insight on these birds, the Aplomado.

[@patrickzimmerman4038]

Thank you! I learned a lot. Please add footage of Aplamados hunting!

[@codycox2685]

Wow, that's the most beautiful coloration of any raptor for me.

[@myfalconry76]

Informative been flying Aplomados for about 4 years now working abatement they are so much fun. Until they catch something they can carry. Although I don’t have problems with carrying out of my 2 imprints. The chamber raised rescue female I have is a pain if she catches. She will trade off as long as you don’t look directly at her when doing so. You have to let her have the mind set she is invisible and you can walk right up to her. But if you glance at her. She’s gone. I’ve always got her back always came straight to the lure even cropped up. But still a pain! The imprints will carry a catch to the glove. Easy peasy

[@mik3ymomo]

I’ve found myself binge watching your content. Very educational and entertaining. I thought I would be bored with just listening to someone talk about falconry and associated subjects without seeing it in action but I am really enjoying this. Love to watch the birds work as well and thank you for adding in some of that content while you talk about them. You are doing a really nice job creating content for this genre. Thank you.

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

Awesome video Ben! You don't look old enough to be in the preinternet era hahaha Happy hawking my friend! 🌟🤗

[@davelong1843]

I fly a 3 year old, chamber raised female in our education program. Your characterization of their personality and behavioral traits is spot on. Looking forward to your future aplo videos. Well done!

[@emilydunay2027]

Amazing! Thanks for all the Aplomado facts.

[@KVFPolice]

Another great video Ben. Well done!!

[@68markyb]

Thanks for this vid Ben now it makes more sense I am flying a female Gyr x Aplomado Initially she hated the hood but now is perfect and as you say she is as tame as a Parrot. When out flying unless there is a lure or quarry that she fancies she just runs around my feet chatting to me. She flies all game birds even cock Pheasant yesterday she flew a hare out of sight Now after your vid I understand a bit more I was beginning to think she is broken. All the best from the uk

[@Phuskooz]

I’ve been waiting for this video all year!

[@easily12]

Thanks for posting. Your vids are such an informative an entertaining venue for those of us who want to learn as much as we can to do justice to such majestic Birds as Raptors!🦅🦉

[@MegaChris2009]

They genuinely sound like perfect falcons. Absolutely love your videos and ways you explain things. Thank you sir

[@jackkrell4238]

While peregrines are the quintessential falcons, aplomados don't stray far behind.

[@Justme1987justme]

happy to see you did a aplo vid :) can't wait for the next one. Greets from Austria ✌

[@fgb3126]

I absolutely LOVED this! I loved seeing the birds actively alive in a video. I've never seen one and never seen a video of one. When I was in grad school in Alpine, TX, the Chihuahuan Desert Research Inst. got into "saving" the Aplomado - just like you said in your remarks - they considered them "endangered". Well Americans and esp. Texans can be quite provincial. Now the next thing is how BEE-U-TEE-FULL they are! I get off on beauty in natural history. And as much as I like peregrines, and merlins, and prairies, etc. they are kinda 'brown' you know? the Aplomados are so pretty. And a nice size too. Like a big Merlin, well...sort of. Anyway, new subscriber. Just found you last night as I was doing accipiter videos and well...I love that you do a lot of natural history as well as falconry. In fact you do very little falconry in videos so far. Whereas with many of KZbin falcon channels it's all about being out in the field, etc. You sit in an armchair and talk, but you talk is so charming and descriptive that I see what you are seeing in your own mind, as you share that with me. Well done, Sir!

[@Delano.Smith26]

This was SUPER COOL

[@chrisnicholson1523]

As always, a great help. Thankyou

[@billkostyo3710]

Great info Ben.

[@jovanmata9655]

Love this video and now I think I love Aplomado Falcons! I will definitely learn more about them and hopefully use them in Falconry!

[@kenna6903]

First everything got here in 54 seconds. I have been waiting for you to upload.

[@jennifers4528]

What a cool video! I love this! 😃 Beautiful falcon too 😍😍

[@MrBFvet]

Hi Ben, your way of explaining is amazing. aplomados hunt on my property, I watch their acrobatics to catch prey. Hug from Brazil

[@DanielCastillo911]

Hi Ben thanks for this video, this introduction videos are excellent to help the newbies and not so newbies to choose wisely the bird of prey the need or want to fly

[@mamiiicab9184]

Super video!! Merci beaucoup! 😊👍👍👍

[@keithsprague8461]

Nice job Ben, glad to see from your hoodie that enjoy non-avain reptiles too. Gotta love those heladerms

[@kristaa833]

Ben, your videos are incredibly informative and well done. You are so descriptive as others have said, I can clearly visualize what you describe. Are you still planning to do a video about the history of Aplomados, please? Also, sometime will you do a video on stooping to the lure, e.g. the steps in training the bird and techniques for appropriately working the lure? I would really appreciate seeing that as I have only ever used the lure for recall. In reading Bob Dalton's Aplomado book he cautions against throwing the lure up into the air at the end, though I've seen many people do that. Thanks very much for all of the awesome videos.

[@karlmorr]

Ben as a uk falconer . You are truly a breath of fresh air . American falconry is different from the uk . We don’t have the open space that you have . Not even the quarry you have . But your understanding is much appreciated . Thank you .

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Thank you Karl I appreciate your kind words

[@Luxfer999]

Quite a nice video Ben, I think the aplomados used to repopulate southern US came from some Mexican northern States, at least that´s what I was told, although most birds used for falconry in the US are certainly Southamerican. Another interesting thing I could find out regarding the bat falcon (look in KZbin for "Escape de Golondrina") is that it is much closer to the aplomado than the OB although Ivé also gheard to the aplomado closeness with the NZF...everything is so odd with evoluton. The reason the Orange Breasted falcon and the bat falcon look so alike is due to convergent evolution, but in reality the OBF is a rain-forest peregrine (it was also found out that the Prairie falcon has nothing to do with true desert falcons (hyerofalcons) but is in reality a peregrine which has adapted to extreme wather and semi-desert conditions.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Great points!!!! Falcon evolution and dispersion is one of my absolute favorite subjects. I love learning any tiny new tidbit I can find on it.

[@craigtimms6166]

just brilliant

[@ethanhaymond880]

Great video. I would love to see an introduction to ferruginous hawks, they are my favorite raptor and I hope to fly one in the future.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

That’s one I am in the works on producing. Next few weeks....

[@hayleybusch7334]

Great video Ben!

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Thanks for letting me film with you!!!!

[@hayleybusch7334]

@@benwoodrufffalconry no problem! You're welcome anytime

[@gregvanfleet5586]

Another awesome video. Could you do one about african pygmy falcons? Thats a dream bird of mine.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Yes I intend to. A lot of these videos I can easily provide the narration, but I just need to get some B roll footage to add in so it is not just photos. I am working on trying to get some pick me falcon footage.

[@jakethebirdnerd5411]

I was just reading about these birds in the 9th eddition of North American falconry and hunting hawks and it says that they can hood the just are restless when not near the falconer. Great video Alethe's (the

[@nznaturephotography]

Interesting video. They sound very similar in 'the head space' to our NZ falcons here in New Zealand. I've found them also to be not motivated by hunger and weight in the traditional sense.

[@Sardonic_Cynic]

what an interesting critter!

[@ChuckDuncan]

Great work! Legit bad ass man cave too!

[@jeanragland3063]

Thank you Ben. I also have been waiting for a informative video on Aplomados. I am hopefully getting one in the next year or two. I am a 2nd year general who only flies/hunts with kestrels. I have heard that Aplomados are similar to kestrels in some ways. I have yet to be totally successful getting a kestrel to not carry. Do I understand that this may also be a problem with the Aplomado?

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

There are different approaches to solving carrying. One main thing in do with all my birds from kestrels to eagles is the stomp and spiral training: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5TRppKhgNZmp9U But even so, with Aplomados I try to hunt prey the size of quail or larger just to be safe. With kestrels, the combination of tight religious weight management and the use of the stomp and spiral technique will rid almost any kestrel of carrying even sparrows.

[@KVFPolice]

Ben, I would like to hear a little bit more about the New Zealand falcon. My understanding is that it's a falcon with accipter characteristics.

[@annalouisefarm2563]

We live in Southeast Texas, and we have an Alpomado Falcon killing our small chickens. Saw the barred tail clearly!

[@Abe18874]

What about as an Apprentice bird. If the Apprentice is not familiar with the regimented falcon behavior, and the Apprentice has experience training pointing dogs and horses, it seems like a reasonable challenge. What do you think? Yes, I'm fantasizing about 1st birds. I am in AZ, so purchasing a bird for apprenticeship is acceptable. Having trained other animals that are kept for life or very long times, I would like to do this as well with my falcon. I'm not really interested in releasing every couple of years. But, I am learning...

[@godzillal123321]

Could you do a video on hybrid raptors ? The peregrine/lanner falcon seems like a good mix.

[@amkowalyk]

Very good information. I assume they handle the cold like a Harris's, being a desert bird?

[@edwinpliett488]

Ben. What is a good age to take up a chamber raised Aplomado Ed

[@faridunqalandarov4187]

What's the book, wich U illustrated in the beginning of video?

[@keerthivasannambiraju955]

Aplomado falcons are remarkably similar to hobbies but it has merlin-like wings and tail and are more closely related to the merlin as is the American kestrel and the New Zealand falcon while the orange breasted falcon and bat falcon are built more like the peregrine and are possibly more closely related to peregrines.

[@martinspivey5928]

What information can you share on hunting or flying Kites

[@richlaw5136]

What about flying them in colder climates like Utah or northern Idaho? Is it possible

[@wildernesswonders845]

Hey Ben let’s colab soon before the season ends. We could do a video about t perch hunting vs off the fist. My hawk does both. Would be a great informative video for ppl getting into falconry.

[@MGEE-em9qj]

Can you do an Introduction to Luggar Falcons?

[@harisnaeem3098]

Make one on eurasian sparrowhawk please 🥺

[@njfalconry]

Can we bring back the "hello mammals" please

[@joseartola4517]

Excelente The main problem I faced was agression to my dog and carrying which corrected feeding tidbits only but excellent hunter ,maybe too agresive .Would attack large gulls crows Got killed by a goshawk i do not know who attacked first,,,

[@joseartola4517]

It was a wild goshawk

[@amhhy275]

I saw a aplomado hunted a rabbit and you can serf in utube.do the aplomados can hunt rabbit?

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

I have never seen one Hunter rabbit. But having hunted hen pheasants with them myself, I would think they would be capable of going after cottontail rabbits. Especially if you hunted a pair. It would be pushing their limits, but so are pheasants.

[@KhaledEssq]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@joshuaangel3441]

Do you think aplomados will take ducks?

[@kevinmarkey2039]

More bird stuff and lees of you talking please...

[@jandkwilber600]

There population is decreasing

[@missingbone1]

People bird watch mostly in the summer in the summer is the surface or the lies or opinions that are for convince OK kestrels hunt insects grass hoopers in the summer in the fall and winter those are not available during the summer you observe merlin hunting birds and to a summer hobby merlin are faster and more airal but when winter hits exspzailly the dead of winter kestrels are even more fast and Airal than merlin they have akout more vigar in the winter and and I've seen them hit Qual before normal people mess with kestels just once and have an atude that a larger bird is better goal takeing kestrel serouse even as far as bird dog serouse is apache helicopter and potrole officers don't like that and merlin is better you have army verse police patrol person that active milltery does some times for certain things out rank authority often potral officers want to argue that and this way the American kestrel is talked about as being not as good there the most deadly falcon comparable to harris hawks and people only have indoreance for a quick study like a aprintice but of you stick to us keys and if a kestrel was like your child hood toy than you are truly a soldier in that world is egos and that is a problem for me I've survived things there no way even anthor soldier could survive making true master that's just tge way it is kestrel hybrids gyr pergrine is modern war fair is some thing hard for others to admit or respect becuse over there capabilities if you connect to a kestrel than your being pushed to max tolerance witch is incomplacent also ready little girl and that is more conservancy.yiung girls looking for a key to be 8 forever.

[@jacygreen9520]

Saying apolomados hunt in pairs is cool and every thing but I've seen prarie falcons doing that before I get attacked by aplomado as Harris hawk master I'm sure there cool birds but I still think the prarie falcons are the king of falcons.