Stainless Steel Rotating - Outdoor High-Ring Perch - Design & Function
SKU: FE2175

Broadwings and Shortwings perched on a high ring perch on this type are less likely to spend their time idly bating as some hawks, particularly the accipiters, often do. This perch is about 68 inches high (just under 6 feet) off the ground and as such they feel much more secure. The actual ring perch on which the hawk sits rotates so that if the hawk bates towards the opposite side to which the leash is tied, the ring quickly rotates freeing it to slide down to the ground. Hawks on this type of perch are not, as is often thought, tied with a six-foot-long leash, such a leash would cause problems when the hawk bated as it would allow it to build up too much speed before the end of the leash is reached. The usual leash is used and tied so that the ring hangs just below the rotating ring part of the perch. As such, when the hawk bates, the ring slides down the pole of the perch and rests flat on the ground. Hawks also get some exercise flying back up to these high perches.

For more information on this perch, and all other falconry types of equipment, see "Falconry, A Guide for Beginners" by Stuart E. Rossell (FB1058). This book also contains a DVD and information on training a passage Red-tailed Hawk from start to finish and releasing it at the end of the season.