Phillip Glasier

Falconry and Hawking

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers all aspects of the sport of falconry and hawking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rizzoli International Publications
• 3rd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 200mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1374g
• ISBN-13: 9780713484076
• ISBN-10: 0713484071
• Artikelnr.: 21303597

Autorenporträt

Phillip Glasier was a keen conservationist, and trained and flew birds of prey for over 60 years as both an amateur and a professional. He was the founder of the Falconry Centre of Newent in Gloucestershire and co-founder of the Hawk Trust and the Raptor Breeders Association.

Inhaltsangabe

An historical outline
the birds themselves
training in brief
housing
tools and equipment
hoods and hooding
handling the new arrival
condition
manning and early training
flying free and getting fit
flying falcons out of the hood
flying short-wings
merlins
game hawking
moulting, imping and coping
lost hawks
hack and hacking back
dogs for hawking
hood-making
making bells and hawking bags
glove-making
health and disease
captive breeding
hawking houbara with sakers.