One of my friends is making good quality leather tools.
Today he gave me a proper carabiner leather leash.
I replaced the previously used shoelace on the swivel.
The other end of the leash.
The anklet. It is almost finished. The material need to dry. Soon it will be dry.
My friend make another anklet, and (probably tomorrow) we will replace both of the anklets with the jesses, so my bird will have a completely fresh equipment.
Soon I will need a new glove too. My current glove is becoming very worn. My Harris's hawk is now mostly calmly sitting on it, but she can very easily tear apart the glove with her claws. Currently she lifted one of her legs.
We are very comfortable together. She still does not trust other people. Mostly she spent time only with me so far. Once we install the new equipment on her, I will spend more and more time with her amongst other people, so she will get used to other people too.
Everything will be proper. Step by step. Gradually.
Have a nice day and have a nice weekend.
All the best. Greetings and much love from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
She's not free with other people, the reason is, she doesn't know them, anyone who has been around and she sees the person constantly, she will be free with the person, she is a beautiful bird.
Yes. She is a parent reared bird. Not imprinted. She need to get used to everything. This takes some time. Probably a few weeks.
Wow man it looks so good on you man.... Have you tried doing this
I have not tried this with my current Harris's hawk so far, but I have tried it with my previous Harris's hawk.
It took two or three months to train her to fly to my arm by calling (whistling).
First she flied to my arm with the food on it, then later she flied to my arm without the food on it too.
It's so amazing when you finally train them and they can do it naturally 🥰
Thank you.