Some people also criticise free flight training techniques, claiming that raptors are starved, and that they return because they are extremely hungry. While some people may treat their raptors this way, such birds are physically unable to gain muscle, and will never get fit enough for release.
The birds that are correctly trained have their weight monitored. A fat bird will go without food for a day quite contentedly. This is a natural strategy to conserve energy in the wild. Birds only hunt when they are hungry, or when it is easy to catch the prey.
They react the same way to their trainer and the food rewards. Weight monitoring is used to find the bird's 'trim' weight, and to know when it will be a little hungry. When it is taken out to fly, it is interested in hunting, so the trainer brings out a lure to simulate prey. A falcon can do several passes at the lure without quite catching it, and will get good exercise.
Once the bird is allowed to grab it, it is rewarded with a small snack if it will do another 'hunt', or the whole meal if it is tired out for the day. This is continued as a routine until the bird is flying well. When the raptor is fit for release, it is fattened up and released once again. Being full, the bird is most likely to cruise off or go sit in a tree.
By gradually letting the bird get fatter, the trainer is not the center of the raptor's attention, and it will wander around the area and practice hunting. For an experienced bird, this happens very quickly, and they will abandon the rehabilitator and revert to their wild ways. Such countries are net 'consumers' of raptors from all over the world including Australia. Some traditional falconry techniques may be used in the rehabilitation of injured raptors, as well as for occasional specialised wildlife management purposes such as chasing birds away from the vicinity of airports.
However, falconry itself serves no useful conservation purpose. Indeed, it has been suggested that falconry may put direct pressure on populations of threatened animals such as bustards in Arabia. To carry out falconry properly requires not only much skill and experience on the part of a falconer, it also obviously requires the use of a bird of prey - either taken from the wild usually or bred in captivity rarely.
Large flocks of birds can cause extensive damage if the problem is not addressed as quickly and effectively as possible. The solution needed was to condition the Corellas to understand that this was now a bad environment for them to be in. The Birdman used a trained Falcon to condition the birds, This was done over a two week period from sunrise to sunset.
Usually a two to four week period is needed for a bird abatement such as this so that there is a negative re-enforcement on the birds. Falconry Based Bird Abatement Falconry based bird abatement is the use of trained falcons to intimidate and scare off nuisance birds, such as Corellas and Gulls.
Falcons and Flying Drones Paul Willock, The Birdman uses the latest techniques in bird removal, including training his falcons to work with drones.
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