Reg

[Cassie]

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[angieh]

Reg is amazing - go on, tell me what kind of raptor he is please!

[Cassie]

Thank you Angie... he's a Redtailed Buzzard. They're the american version of our british Common Buzzard but he's captive bred. They are a more aggressive hunter than the CB.

[Mags]

Reg is stunning, Cassie ........... how long did it take to train him?

[Cassie]

Its a bit different with birds of prey as you retrain to a degree every year after the moult although it gets a shorter and shorter retrain each year. What is considered as being trained is to have the bird quiet on the glove, flying free and returning to either a lure or hunting and killing successfully. Reg was flying free before I owned him but he was incredible nervous and it took me about 3 months till he killed a rabbit. A lot of the training time depends on how the bird was reared.

[dandysmom]

What a magnificent bird Reg is! Stunning.

[Moli]

Now he is stunning.......Do love to see the big birds....

[Shelley123]

Reg is a lovely looking Bird

[Tink]

Wow..so beautiful...I love him. Just stunning.

[alexgirl73]

Gorgeous!!!! I adore birds of prey, and would dearly love to own one one day :)

[RFM]

What an amazing animal. Wow. Just beautiful.