The Harris Hawk: Management, Training and Hunting

Rating:
Summary: Unfortunate
Review: A truly awful falconry book. The factual errors and errors of omission combined may actually make this a dangerous falconry book; and for one aimed at the beginner, this is a frank shame. My only regret greater than having purchased this book at a premium in the store (I buy every falconry title I see) is that so few volumes exist to compete with it. Somehow, this most excellent and widely-utilized falconry bird (the Harris' hawk) has yet to inspire a definitive treatise on its natural history and training. For much better treatment of the Harris' (though incomplete in each case), I recommend the works of Harry McElroy and Martin Hollinshead.

Rating:
Summary: Unfortunate
Review: A truly awful falconry book. The factual errors and errors of omission combined may actually make this a dangerous falconry book; and for one aimed at the beginner, this is a frank shame. My only regret greater than having purchased this book at a premium in the store (I buy every falconry title I see) is that so few volumes exist to compete with it. Somehow, this most excellent and widely-utilized falconry bird (the Harris' hawk) has yet to inspire a definitive treatise on its natural history and training. For much better treatment of the Harris' (though incomplete in each case), I recommend the works of Harry McElroy and Martin Hollinshead.

Rating:
Summary: The Harris Hawk: Management Training and Hunting
Review: International Falconer magazine gave this book a rare poor review. Why would and American buy a book about and Training American hawk, written by a British falconer? The book contains a map of where Harris Hawks are supposed to live in the wild. He's way off. International Falconer says the author doesn't even train Harris Hawks. For a much better book try, Desert Hawking with a little help by Harry McElroy!