Harris Hawk "Ed"

This Harris hawk is a young male. A captive bred bird, he was parent raised, as opposed to hand fed, in an outdoor flight pen called a “mews”. The Harris hawk is indigenous to the dessert southwest. The only bird in the class Parabuteo the Harris is one of the most popular hawks flown in falconry today in the US. They offer a compromise, almost as fast as the accipiter, (Coopers hawks, Goshawks) they can successfully hunt birds while having the sturdy physical and stable mental attributes of the slower, stronger, buteos. (Red tails, Rough Shoulders, Broad winged Hawks)