And it all begins

When i was a boy my mother used to take me to the library to choose a book to read over the coming weeks. She did this for a number of reasons one of these was because as a child she grew up in a very working class family who where still being rationed due to the war. Books and education where something to be valued and treasured so a couple of times a month we would visit the Library and choose a book.

One day i choose the book As the Falcon Her Bells by Phillip Glasier. This book had a profound effect on me as a child. It wasn't a typical book on falconry but an autobiographically look at the effect falconry had on one man and later his family and children.

We lived in a place that we could have had a falcon, but shortly after reading the book we moved to the middle east and then back to the Uk; the Industrial North and Manchester. That dream sort of went on a back burner for 30 years.

Today i find myself in the heart of the United States with the opportunity to do this and the space to do it.

This blog is there for going to be initially the journey it takes to become a fully Licensed Falconer.

So far to date i have contacted 4 Organizations. These have been for the Following reasons

The Oklahoma Falconry Association

They are my local club meet twice a year , I've also contact both state and Federal about permits and information packs regarding falconry in Oklahoma.


Migratory Bird Office/Permits
P. O. Box 709
Albuquerque, NM 87103-0709
phone(505)248-7882


To request the current state regulations write to:
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
1801 North Lincoln
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-3851

One of the things i noticed in the state pack was that the nearest Falconer seems to be either Edmund or Norman thats a 3 hr drive. I've been told that there is people closer but so far i have not heard anything from anyone. I have put feelers out into the community but nothing has resulted in any information of someone that i can just hang out with and see what falconry is all about. Because of this i contacted the Texas Hawking community that seem a little more pro-active and was introduced to a local falconer just over the boarder.

Yesterday i went Hawking with him , He has been a Falconer for 8 years and currently flies two of the most beautiful Harris Hawks i have ever seen, not that i have seen many but there are totally amazing.

Steve Recommended 5 books for me to get , unfortunately one is out of print so the next few weeks i will be sending off for them reading up and taking another step forward. I also hope to go out with Steve and his amazing birds again as i really caught the bug for Dirt Hawking.

I don't see me having a bird of any kind until this time next year as i want to do this slowly, methodically and take my time. I want the best for the bird i get so that we both have fun and a fruitful life together.