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KENNY'S PAGE

WELL, HELLO TO ALL AND WELCOME. I HOPE YOU HAVE FOUND THIS SITE INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL.  AS YOU CAN READ, MY NAME IS KENNY AND I HAVE BEEN HAWKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR SO FAR. FINDING HAWKING A FANTASTIC HOBBY I HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT IT. I CAN SAY THAT I CONSIDER MYSELF QUITE LUCKY, AS MY WIFE AND KIDS ENJOY IT AS WELL (DEBBIE,DEAN AND KYLE).  THE ONLY THING IS THAT DEBBIE LIKES THE FLYING PART, BUT NOT THE HUNTING PART AND KYLE MY YOUNGEST AGE 6 HE LIKES THE GORY BITS. NOW... WHAT I HAVE FOUND DIFFICULT , IS GETTING INFO ON FALCONRY (HAWKING) WHEN I STARTED OUT WAS VERY DIFFICULT . SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HELP OTHERS OUT BY CREATING THIS SITE AND ALL FOR FREE. I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING AND WHAT IT ENTAILS BEFORE PARTING WITH MONEY. I ENJOY VERY MUCH TEACHING OR HELPING  PEOPLE WANTING TO GET INTO FALCONRY. I CAN'T SAY WE KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PASS ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT,  SO PLEASE DON'T COME SHOUTING AT ME "THAT DIDN'T WORK" OR WHATEVER, JUST REMEMBER THIS... ,EACH BIRD IS INDIVIDUAL AND AS SUCH, WILL TAKE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRAINING. WE ARE BEGINNERS AND LEARNING EVERY TIME WE GO OUT WITH THE BIRDS  CAN I SAY THAT WHAT EVER YOU DO BE VERY CAREFUL IN WHAT BIRD YOU CHOOSE AS, I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO SAID THE BEST BIRD FOR A BEGINNER WAS A KESTREL.  I PERSONALLY WOULD ADVISE THAT AS A BEGINNER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT BIRDS OF PREY, THEN  YOU WOULD PROBABLY END UP KILLING THE BIRD, (AS A BIRD OF THIS SIZE DOES NOT GIVE A LOT OF SCOPE FOR MAKING MISTAKES)  FIRST BIRDS ARE BETTER OFF BEING HAWKS OR BUZZARDS, AS IN THE HARRIS OR COMMON BUZZARD, THESE BIRDS ARE NOT SO HARD ON YOU IF AN INITIAL  MISTAKE IS MADE.  IN TIME AND A FEW YEARS ONCE YOU HAVE ENJOYED LEARNING THROUGH THESE BIRDS THE SMALLER BIRDS IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT WILL BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND BE HANDLED MORE SAFELY.  MY FRIEND (BRIAN,WHO HAS A PAGE OR PAGES OF HIS OWN IN THE SITE, ) STARTED OFF WITH A FEMALE HARRIS WHICH HE TRAINED AND I BELIEVED ENJOYED TRAINING, HAS NOW BOUGHT A FIVE YEAR OLD FEMALE  AMERICAN RED TAIL, AND ANOTHER FRIEND WITH A FEMALE HARRIS AND A MALE RED TAIL, (ALTHOUGH SOME WILL SAY THAT THE HARRIS IS NOT THE BEST BIRD... WELL FINE I WOULD NOT GO AGAINST THAT BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IN MY VIEW IT IS THE BEST ALL ROUNDER AND IS A JOY EVEN TO TAKE OUT JUST FOR A WALK OR EXERCISE), THEY FOLLOW ON FANTASTIC.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICS THAT I TOOK AFTER A WET AND BLOW DRY. WELL WHAT HAPPENEND WAS , OUT FOR A FLY AND HE TOOK A HEADER INTO A BIG POND SO SINCE HE WAS WET I SPRAYED HIM MORE TO GIVE HIM A CLEAN THEN BLOW DRYED HIM SO THERE WAS NO DANGER OF FROST DOING HIM HARM. JUST REMEMBER TO KEEP THE DRYER ON LOW.