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Cats owned: Bengals
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09-07-2010, 02:59 PM   #1

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09-07-2010, 03:14 PM   #2

Re: Reg


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



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09-07-2010, 03:22 PM   #3

Re: Reg


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.



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09-07-2010, 03:30 PM   #4

Re: Reg


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



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09-07-2010, 03:54 PM   #5

Re: Reg


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.



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09-07-2010, 04:08 PM   #6

Re: Reg


What a magnificent bird Reg is! Stunning.



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09-07-2010, 05:01 PM   #7

Re: Reg


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



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09-07-2010, 05:36 PM   #8

Re: Reg


Reg is a lovely looking Bird



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09-07-2010, 10:50 PM   #9

Re: Reg


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



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09-07-2010, 11:13 PM   #10

Re: Reg


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



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