I Trained a WILD Buzzard | How to train a Buzzard

[@runwiththerunners8152]

This was an amazing film thank you. When I was 9 years old (many years ago I found an injured Rook) saved it, fed it up and he never left me. Where I live we have lots of Common Buzzards who fly at times with Red Kites. I can't wait to see more.

[@wildlifeatheart993]

I really like the idea of falconry, and I have a lot to learn, but I know one of my dream birds to fly is a buzzard!

[@Whitefeather123]

What a great name for a bird of Prey 😉 Great video again, and what a beautiful looking bird our Baz is 🤣

[@MercerFalconry]

Good ol Bazza 😂

[@colincampbell4261]

Lovely wee video, thanks.

[@williemurray9379]

Great video Dan... he's a lovely bird as well. 👍

[@MercerFalconry]

He’s not a lovely bird at the moment while he’s fed up moulting 😂

[@griffins52]

Awesome to see!

[@vladislavhosek1383]

It is nice to see your love for these animals! Have you ever seen or heard of a buzzard attacking joggers? I have been swooped at so many times (never making a contact with my head always stopping and flying away like 3 meters before) by this particural large buzzard for a second year in a row, always late in spring/early in summer. The buzzard always screeches and swoopes at me untill I leave the forest! I actually kinda started liking the bird as weird as it sounds :-D

[@MercerFalconry]

Yes I have been told that before, it’s likely a breeding pair trying to defend a nest with eggs or chicks!

[@mistico_90]

I just love your content ! Keep up the good work!

[@MercerFalconry]

Thank you! 😁

[@davidmclachlan6592]

That's a great story, I love birds of prey and have trained some of my own, in particular i love buzzards, thanks for sharing.

[@alanjohnson2662]

You rescued and saved that bird's life.

[@MercerFalconry]

Thank you!

[@alenbstn3]

Great videos, now we need part 2 for barry and kestrel

[@freebirdofreason1994]

That’s nice to see , we do love buzzards, lovely job. Good luck.

[@MercerFalconry]

Thank you, he is a lovely bird!

[@thespaceman903]

Amazing work dan every time i see you work with the bird it makes me exited to start workkng with my own birds when i get enough funds to get one

[@EllieS.04]

Great video, for a previously wild bird he has done really well, is there a part 2 coming ? Would also love to see the training a wild peregrine you talked about at the end of the video.

[@kx1003]

Great work!! It’s also nice to see someone else who weighs larger birds in grams too haha 🙏🏼

[@patopointfarm]

Thank you so much for sharing your passion and work! Compassion is a beautiful thing. Have been watching your series as I am looking to working with upcoming peachicks [2 peacocks and 2 peahens] on perch and flight training. While they will not be hunters, they are intelligent birds and I want to see if I can apply your basics in training to fly from perches to me. THANK YOU again from Alabama USA

[@rcurrie88]

Really enjoying seeing a falconer from the other side of the pond. I have family in Lincolnshire but live in the States. Do you hunt with any of your birds or are they strictly flight demonstration and education birds?

[@michaelmac1798]

I found a Buzzard last week in a field and i noticed there was something wrong when it didn't fly away immediately. It turns out it had an eye missing and was very weak. It was just before dusk, I considered leaving it. But took it home. I fed some Lambs liver which it digested. Next day I rang round and found an animal hospital, I left it with them. Unfortunately they decided to Terminate its life because they said it shouldn't have to stay in a sanctuary and they also said it had maggots, I assume that was in the eye socket?

[@andyplant3855]

I’ve been wondering why you whistle after he has landed on your glove and not calling him with the whistle.

[@MercerFalconry]

I always take an opportunity to do some more reinforcement

[@thespaceman903]

It's so that Barry makes the association of the wistle with food so if Dan was to free fly him and they don't physically see each other Barry hears the wistle and flies straight to him

[@Conan_Obrien]

Loved this one Dan. How long does it generally take for birds of prey to associate your whistle with you having food? Is this ultimately a technique to call the bird back if things go awry? You build up this association slowly over time, so when you need it, you have it? Is this at all similar to the lure? For instance, the bird hears your whistle, knows it has an easy meal and returns? Or the bird sees the lure, knows it has an easy meal and returns? Sorry for all the questions - this stuff is fascinating! Looking forward to more of you and Barry.

[@MercerFalconry]

It’s different for every bird, some learn it faster than others, with the falcons they know when I whistle it means they are guaranteed to get the lure but with the other birds it’s just a vocal signal to go with the visual signal of my arm raising

[@BettingWithDoc]

Do you wear glasses as a protection of wing moves? Do you have problem with eyes sometime? My left eye has some issues here and there after I started with falconry. Never before.

[@MercerFalconry]

Not really for protection, I always wear sunglasses because I am prone to migraines from light and the sunglasses stops it happening

[@SgtJaxxs]

Tuah is the best name nowdays !

[@andrejdragic446]

I ve been wondering can Common buzzard bueto buteo be train to hunt game bird and rabits.

[@shannonherb2048]

People just don't know how strong a bird is.

[@chrisoliver6169]

Hi Dan. That was a very entertaining and informative video. What was the name of the internal parasite medication your vet gave, and how long was it used ?

[@MercerFalconry]

He wasn’t given any parasite medication, just an anti inflammatory, I sprayed him with Johnson’s mite and lice spray to get rid of the lice on his feathers

[@JayFitzsimmons1]

​@@MercerFalconryGreat video. I'm interested in precautions you take to prevent the spread of lice and other parasites and pathogens. You might explain it in another video - I'm making my way through them slowly but surely.

[@MercerFalconry]

@JayFitzsimmons1 just good hygiene practices really!

[@ranaarshad4350]

What type of food u give him for teaching

[@kaboom6101]

Can you give me some tips????😊

[@ranaarshad4350]

Is he drinking water?

[@irenadragic9134]

Can it be traind for hunt

[@Bnhshwhwhwh2626]

Buzzards don't hunt so well, that's why they stay by the road so they can eat a road kill they can maybe hunt injured animals.

[@CollinGreen-cx1tz]

Buteo yes, but I would call it a Red Tail. Great birds mine was known as Maverick.

[@MercerFalconry]

He’s definitely a Eurasian buzzard rather than a Red Tailed Buzzard

[@edekskrzynia6902]

I just found one

[@krimsworld]

Wait - you guys have sheep? This is news to me 😅

[@MercerFalconry]

No they belong to the farm that lets me fly the birds on their land, sometimes I share the field with sheep, at the moment there is a load of cows!

[@kaboom6101]

Please!

[@lilb05]

when you say buzzard i think of birds that look like vultures guess thats just a Oklahoma thing

[@MercerFalconry]

Americans are just strange with how you label birds, you have true hawks, and then you have Harris Hawks, Red Tailed hawks, and Ferruginous Hawks, all of which are buzzards, and then you call vultures buzzards, very odd to me!

[@lilb05]

@MercerFalconry yea we are very odd with names I don't get us sometimes

[@andrejdragic446]

Pls answear

[@kaboom6101]

I have a wild red naped falcon and it is so beautiful but it afraids of me all the time when it sees me trys to fly away and panics. Can you help me with this? @mercer falconry

[@sukhvirsingh81]

Do u sell birds ?