I've never read TH White but do know that Goshawks are a very intense raptor. They are acciptiers which are very high strung with lightening reflexes. They are a challenge for falconers because they are so demanding that you find game for them. If you don't, they will take their frustraion out on you! I tarined a Coopers hawk, kind of a mini Goshawk, when I was a kid. It nailed me in the face when it came into a keen hunting condition and there wasn't game available.
--- On Sat, 4/11/09, authfriend <jst...@panix.com> wrote: From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawk Cam To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 1:28 AM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@ ...> wrote: > > Hey Marek, thanks for the hawk cam! I like to watch the > variuos hawking and falconry videos on you tube. I hadn't > seen the one you sent before. Meant to add: Have you ever read "The Sword in the Stone," the first volume of "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White? There's a haunting scene in the royal mews featuring an insane goshawk who has all the other birds terrified. My sister tells me that White was himself a falconer who tried to train a goshawk and had a terrible time. He wrote a book about the experience called "The Goshawk." I just ordered it from Amazon: http://www.amazon. com/Goshawk- York-Review- Books-Classics/ dp/1590172493/ ref=sr_1_ 1?ie=UTF8& s=books&qid= 1239412980& sr=8-1 http://tinyurl. com/c6yeow
