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From: J.M.Spencer@newcastle.ac.uk (J.M. Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Info on Falconry
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Date: 19 Nov 90 11:28:54 GMT
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In article <4699@gara.une.oz.au> rjacobs@gara.une.oz.au ( ABRI) writes:
>Subject: Re: Info on Falconry
>Newsgroups: rec.birds
>
>James,
>
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>There are many books on falconry. Your public library is probably a good
>source. The best modern book that deals with traditional methods that I
>have read is by Philip Glasser and publ. in 1988 (I think). He was the founder
>of the Falconry Centre in Newmarket, UK, but now has passed that job onto his
>daughter. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the book (I don't have my copy
>with me), but it was published in the UK and was not available in North 
>America. However, you local bookstore should be able to locate the agent and
>import a copy for you. Another, author I would recommend is Frank Beebe from
>Vancouver. He wrote several books that are good, but not as clear as Glasser
>for a beginner. However, Beebe talks about some of the North American birds
>which some of the UK books do not cover. 
>
>I think you will find it helpful to go to your library and read whatever you
>can, but you will find many books which have large sections in them that
>are either rubbish or dangerous to your bird. 
[...]
>
>Ross Jacobs


The book is Falconry and Hawk by Philip Glasier (not Glasser) and  his
daughter is Jemima Parry-Jones.  Glasier's book is worth a read (I've
got a copy) although he gives some seriously flawed advice.  For
example, he suggests training a goshawk to follow the falconer from
tree to tree. This is OK for a Harris hawk or redtail, but it is a
recipe to loose a goshawk.  His daughter is a prolific breeder of
raptors but not (to my mind) a falconer.  She does lots of flying
displays and talks at schools etc., and professes to be "the best
falconer in Britain" (her words), but there are not many practising falconers 
 who would agree with her.  Too much ego and too little hawking.

Anyway, I can post a short bibliography if anyone is interested.

--- Jonathan
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