The Falconer's Apprentice
Author : William C. Oakes
Publisher : Eaglewing Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : William C. Oakes
Publisher : Eaglewing Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
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Author : Liam J. McGranaghan
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
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Author : Frank L. Beebe
Publisher : Hancock House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 2017-11
Category :
ISBN : 9780888390349
A Falconry Manual is a comprehensive, extensively updated version of his out of print book- Hawks, Falcons and Falconry (Hancock House 1976) and The Compleat Falconer (Hancock House 1992). Drawing on over 50 years of field experience and research, Beebe presents an exhaustive summary of the behavior, capture, and training of the-birds-of-prey. It was Beebe's field studies and practical experience that led to his pioneering successes in breeding captive falcons in the early 1960s. His artistic talents not only contribute to the concise illustrations on how to capture and train birds but how to easily make all falconry hardware. One of the all-time best books for new Apprentices to learn about training a new hawk or falcon and one of the best selling falconry books ever produced.
Author : Gary Blackwood
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101200030
A delightful adveture full of humor and heart set in Elizabethan England! Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform. As full of twists and turns as a London alleyway, this entertaining novel is rich in period details, colorful characters, villainy, and drama. * "A fast-moving historical novel that introduces an important era with casual familiarity." --School Library Journal, starred review "Readers will find much to like in Widge, and plenty to enjoy in this gleeful romp through olde England" --Kirkus Reviews "Excels in the lively depictions of Elizabethan stagecraft and street life." --Publishers Weekly An ALA Notable Book
Author : Frank Lyman Beebe
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Birds of prey
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Author : Matthew Mullenix
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN :
"This extensive work represents a nuts-and-bolts approach to training and flying kestrels...A must-have for all apprentices and others who wish to know more about the intricacies of maintaining and flying a small raptor such as the American Kestrel." --Publisher's description.
Author : Jennifer Outlaw Coulson
Publisher :
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Falconry
ISBN : 9780985824709
"This falconry book is specifically designed to help falconers become better caretakers, trainers, and hunters; to help breeders increase production; and to make captive bred raptors better falconry birds and hunting hawks. The Coulsons teach about husbandry, rearing, training, socialization, scouting, hunting, selective breeding, and captive propagation techniques." --Publisher's description.
Author : Sy Montgomery
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1668001977
A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the hawk—from the New York Times bestselling author of the “astoundingly beautiful” (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris’s hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down from a tree and landed on Sy’s leather gloved fist, Sy fell under the hawk’s magnetic spell. Over the next few years, Sy spent more time with these magnificent creatures, getting to know their extraordinary abilities and instincts. They are deeply emotional animals, quick to show anger and frustration, and can hold a grudge for years. But they are also loyal and intensely aware of their surroundings. In this mesmerizing account, featuring sixteen pages of gorgeous color photographs, Sy passionately and vividly reveals the wonderous world of hawks and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love.
Author : Phillip Glasier
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 1998-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780713484076
The 4,000-year-old sport of falconry, once the pastime of royalty and aristocracy, is still thriving with clubs throughout the UK and the US. Phillip Glasier's book is a classic text on the subject and considered the definitive guide for falconers. It covers all aspects of falconry from its history and development to training, housing, tools, equipment and skills. There are chapters on: Handling the new arrival •Condition •Manning and early training •Flying free and getting fit •Flying falcons out of the hood •Flying shortwings •Game Hawking •Moulting •Lost Hawks •Hack and Hacking back •Dogs for Hawking •Making hoods, belts, bags and gloves Glasier also gives complete details of all the birds most commonly used, and reveals their character and individual temperaments in his own case histories. With every technique explained through step-by-step instructions and ilustrated with over 170 photographs and diagrams, "Falconry and Hawking" is an essential reference for falconers throughout the world.
Author : Elizabeth May
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1452130078
Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller blends romance and action with steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read.