Passage Cooper's Hawk Hunting: Falconry with Oliver Connor

Nice video. I got my first Cooper hawk when I was 12 and had him for five years. Quite an experience.That was back in the 1950s in Washington state. Thank you.

Another excellent video, thanks for posting! My favourite part is at 3:19, the way the bird turns, especially with the slow motion, is amazing. Such beautiful and agile creatures. Bradley

You have taken some lovely film of his flights, shows how energetic coopers hawks are.

What a beautiful hawk mate

I live in South Florida we have a good number of Cooper Hawk's also Red Shoulder Hawks. should start see Red Tails coming down for the winter. i saw a long tail hawk look like a cooper with extra long tail. and a rare sighting of a short tail Hawk. where i work the Building is 31 Stories. theres a pair of Falcons that come every year hope to get some videos to put on Facebook.

I've had Cooper's hawks coming to my little yard for about 10 years, feeding, bathing and sunning. The newest yearling male has become quite accustom to myself and allows me to get with six feet, since he sees me as not a threat. He watches the squirrels feed from my hand and the crows and other song birds landing within feet of myself. He has a perch in a large prickly bush that he hides in everyday for hours on end. I don't mind him hunting the collared doves and the hundred other birds I have in my yard, but have you ever heard of a hawk eating meat from a decoy or another kind of eating station?

why is falconry not a bigger sport? its so fucking badass!

I don't have a falcon or hawk or know anyone in the sport, but I'm interested in the sport and i was wondering weather it would be alright if I attended a field meet in my area

what keeps him from flying away from you while you are on these hunts

Can you do a video on your mews?

What state is this in?

Have you taken anything with him yet? If not , get a bird launcher and put some flight conditioned Bob White quail in it. Let your Vizla point it and then launch. Shouldn't take long before he's killing everything in sight.

good

Do you actually hunt with the Hawk? It's great to see him flying around and coming back to you but are they not for actually stalking and killing small game?

I was wonder if apprentices get to trap a hawk and have there own hawk to train while they are also being trained by a sponser.

They look very much like the European Sparrow Hawks. Are they similar?

My favorite bird to fly.. ben a long time.. has been to long crazy what happens when you get married and have kids.. next thing you know your working 60 hours a week and you just dont have time. I remember hearing that when I was young falconer now im living it.. big bummer what life does to you ... if I got a bird now I would be a strate up pet keeper...

I'm taking it you're left handed

cool sucks my country doesn't have a falconry following

What's "Clicker training?"