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SPECIES
FACTFILE: |
| Name: |
Harris
Hawk (parabuteo unicinctus) |
| Length: |
48-56cm
(19-22in) |
| Wingspan: |
103-124cm
(41-49 in) |
| Weight: |
635-1050g
(22-37oz) |
| Diet: |
Mammals
up to the size of full-grown rabbits, reptiles & birds up
to the size of a duck. |
Range:
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South-west
USA, Central America, the Pacific seaboard of South America
and areas east of the Andes.
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| Herbert
is one of our most experienced birds. He was hatched in Kings
Lynn in 1997 and made his first free flight in a howling gale
in front of several hundred spectators at the Police Gala Day
on the Norfolk Show Ground.
Since then (and despite a number of setbacks including a
broken leg) he has performed in many shows, proved to be a
first-rate hunting bird and has given many people their first
taste of falconry and bird handling on courses and hawking
experience days.
With a flying weight of 1lb 8.5oz, he is slightly
larger than Ky and is perfectly capable of taking quarry several
times his own weight!
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Herbert
takes a high catch at the Norfolk Police Gala (75kb) |
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And again at the
Norfolk Show (112kb) |
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A very elegant Harris
(99kb) |
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