MrBill
01-24-2013, 05:10 PM
Hi Folks,
The book is finally ready for market. If you are interested in a copy, please send $20 (which includes shipping) to me at POB 5663, Norman, OK 73070. In the Introduction I write:
Over the years there has been conflicting assessments of the Cooper’s hawk in terms of falconry—some falconers have had good luck with the Cooper’s, while others have not—with negative appraisals outweighing the positive ones. So the impetus behind this book was to determine, in a substantive way, the true value of this bird for the purposes of falconry—is this bird truly more trouble than it is worth? Unfortunately, people are not inclined to write about their lack of success, so a final consensus of opinion is still in the making, and probably will be for many years to come. However, the authors in this anthology have provided some good insights on problems they encountered along the way, and the solutions they implemented; in addition they have also given detailed and well-thought-out information on how to train, manage, and hawk these little accipiters. As a result, this book goes a long way in furthering the discussion as it pertains to maintaining a passage Cooper’s hawk in a captive environment for the purposes of falconry.
So, it is a book that would be appreciated by those with a genuine interest in the Cooper’s; and it is certainly a book for those who are planning to fly this rascal.
Bill Boni
The book is finally ready for market. If you are interested in a copy, please send $20 (which includes shipping) to me at POB 5663, Norman, OK 73070. In the Introduction I write:
Over the years there has been conflicting assessments of the Cooper’s hawk in terms of falconry—some falconers have had good luck with the Cooper’s, while others have not—with negative appraisals outweighing the positive ones. So the impetus behind this book was to determine, in a substantive way, the true value of this bird for the purposes of falconry—is this bird truly more trouble than it is worth? Unfortunately, people are not inclined to write about their lack of success, so a final consensus of opinion is still in the making, and probably will be for many years to come. However, the authors in this anthology have provided some good insights on problems they encountered along the way, and the solutions they implemented; in addition they have also given detailed and well-thought-out information on how to train, manage, and hawk these little accipiters. As a result, this book goes a long way in furthering the discussion as it pertains to maintaining a passage Cooper’s hawk in a captive environment for the purposes of falconry.
So, it is a book that would be appreciated by those with a genuine interest in the Cooper’s; and it is certainly a book for those who are planning to fly this rascal.
Bill Boni