A Bird in the Hand: Falconry in Kaimere 

I have always been fascinated by falconry. Absolutely loving this episode

This is just sooo detailed, I'm flabbergasted

Lovely episode as always Keenan Raptorial parrots are pretty scary not gonna lie. Can't wair for full episodes of the teratorns and firebirds ^^

How you managed to get two lengthy videos in one week boggles my mind. I also love the variety of birds of prey in Kaimere featured. The eagle is my spirit animal. I'm excited to add these kinds of birds to my own worldbuilding, perhaps even adding falconry practices!

"Heck Yeah!" You're spoiling us too much Keenan! I was honestly expecting a smaller episode due to last episode being lengthy already, glad I was wrong!

Absolutely awesome episode. Really love the Redwing Buzzard, Gildeback Eagle, Brown Hawk, Those Popinhawks are all absolutely stunning. I am a huge fan of Birds of Prey and I hope someday we get a Birds of Prey episode as a standalone episode introducing us in detail to all these magnificent birds in the wild. Especially one on Poppinhawks and the Gildback eagles as a standalone

"A land where dinosaurs rule" Bathawks: "Not these ones!"

I’ve wanted a Firebird specific episode for quite some time, and this satisfied my curiosity for the time being. The raptorial parrots are also very interesting to me. Like with terror birds, it would seem that high intelligence does not always translate to good companionship lol. I don’t really have the funds to sponsor an episode, but I can’t wait to learn more!

FALCONRY!! Look at all of these good borbos. I love all of them. Even the cantankerous ones. When asked if I'm a cat person or a dog person, I usually reply with, "I'm a bird person." I would hold a kestrel gently like hamburger if given the opportunity and a very patient kestrel.

This is how all worldbuilding should be, detailed, realistic. Kaimere is just incredible, I’ve already bought your first book and I’m going to buy all future ones you release. I wouldn’t be surprised if you watch artifexian or someone like that to help with your worldbuilding.

Falconry is 1 of the coolest occupations ever!

The very specific term of "Raptor" is a term firstly reserved to the Accipitriforms and Accipritidae birds, for Hawks, Eagles, Kites, Goshawks, Ospreys, Bustards (all being synonyms, since these birds, outside of behaviors, diets and size, don't really have much didfferences between them), and finally Falcons (despite that their classification with the others is somewhat undetermined even today). Others predatory birds such Owls, but also others like Kingfisher species like the australian Kookaburra (at the moment they eat small mammals, lizards, amphibians and birds) aren't include and refered under this term. Even Old World Vultures, despite being members of the Accipitridae, aren't include and reffered under this term, due to being scavengers birds. It's only after the release of, of course, you guess it, of the book and movie "Jurassic Park", respectively in 1990 and 1993, and the recent at the time studies who have brought together dinosaurs such Deinonychus and birds due to their links as close relatives, that the term "Raptor" have started to be use to refer the Velociraptor and cie, as a more short and easily remembered name for these animals. Since then, and even still as highly used as such today, the term "Raptor" is used to refer not only Velociraptor and Deinonychus specifically, but quickly to all members of the Dromaeosauridae and Troodontidae as a whole, in a very abusive yet popular way. The fact word "Raptor" in Velociraptor and used as nickmme in the book by Michael Crichton and in all the movies, is present as part of the name genus, of course have played a huge role in this commen trend of the use of the term. But it's worth it and important to put forward that, originaly, the word "Raptor" in Velociraptor mean "Thief", and don't refer to the raptorial birds. Since "Raptor" from Velociraptor came from the Latin, while "Raptor" to decribe the predatory birds came from the English language !

In the historical-fiction/spec-evo novel I've been working on for a good few years now, humans domesticated a pack-hunting hawk species similar to Harris's hawk around the same time as they domesticated dogs (that is, super early). Hawks and dogs fill similar roles and domestic hawks have been bred in tons of different varieties. They're used for hunting, herding, guarding, companionship, war. Super cool to see how Kaimere approaches this subject -- very different and really really detailed!

It surprised me that people don't use bathawks considering their relatively small size (specially for the smaller ones) and aerial capabilities. The lack of usage of teratorns, terror birds and dromaeosaurs is less surprising as creatures that don't fly seem like they would be worse companions than cats, dogs or lions in most situations or too dangerous to handle. The birds they do use are quite a varied bunch and have very nice designs. The karakai was a nice surprise in utility.

Two episodes in a span of a couple of days, NICE :D Definitely would love to see more on bird-of-prey and raptorial parrots :D

Im into the start of the vid and i have to say..... I WILL LOVE THIS EP! I love birds. Birds or prey are my 2rd favorites!!. Overall im having a good time already!. I love flying creatures!

I was just telling my friend I was going to seek out your bird videos yesterday, it's like you heard me lol

Man this was a pleasant surprise. I’m glad you are doing more work building between human and animal interactions.

Loving the attention to detail here! The amount of influence that pterosaurs have on the birds’ life histories is very interesting!

love the loon sounds at the beginning

movies and tv shows set in Kaimere need to be made

Twice in the same week. Hell Yeah!!!!!

Thank you for featuring my piece of Buck Tern fishing at 14:40 ! I would have loved to learn more about pterosaur hunting use in Kaimere, but learning about parrots, owls and dromaeosaur raptors sure was great!

One cool video right after the other and one having cool birds for falconry on my birthday thanks Keenan keep up the good work

It's a very nice overall presentation and introduction to the Birds of preys of Kaimere ! Hope that several others episodes covering all the categories of these birds will be sponsorized one day !

i love the karakai cat raptor hawk. i want to snuggle and play with them ahhh i love them

BACK TO BACK KAIMERE UPLOAD LET'S GOOOO

Awesome Job!!👏✨

They have been in the known world blahblehbluh😂

the development of Falconry is often a result of an environment that lacks easy to hunt megafauna here on earth

Damn two videos in one week, you spoil us Keenan! Great video!

I love how you cover broader topics some wouldn't consider (including me) btw, you said falcon/hawks face the issue of pterosaurs, but don't flying animals have a relatively easy time coexisting with eachother?

This was a nice episode. Always loved the concept of falconry. (Not to mention hawks and falcons have always been some of my favorite birds of prey.) Though there are several questions (related and unrelated to the episode) that I was curious about: 1) Has anyone tried to tame a Ru Kel Parrot for Falconry? (I would assume not, but even if they did try, it wouldn't go very well. Lol) 2) How often are Anurognathids or Rat Peckers used in Falconry? 3) What are the opinions of harpies to Kaimerans having the concept of falconry? (Especially given that they are somewhat "falcon-like" Homunculi, I would imagine that they would dislike it, especially since it's primarily done as using a bird of prey to hunt and kill from the sky.) 4) For all the different types of birds and "birds" (for those stretching the definition such as the Common Cockatrice. Lol) shown here, one question does remain for all: How often do they have to deal with house cats and their wild counterparts? 5) Has there been a sponsorship for a video (or videos, if it's a similar case as the domestic dogs and wild dogs) for Domestic Cats of Kaimere and their wild counterparts, along with other small cats?

2 episodes in a row lets goooo, we are eating good lately

Had a great time providing the art piece and some advice for this episode, amazing as always keenan :)

This is probably one of the most information-dense episodes we've had. Nothing feels like it stays for too long. Considering the sheer number of sapients and near ones we have for next time, I expect it to be similar. 1. Are any of the four unusual groups magically tamed? 2. What is the largest theoretical target for standard falconers? 3. Did the First Children create any beings to be used in these activities? 4. Are there any hybrid birds used for falconry? (fourth times the charm...)

Wow! I was literally just wondering about this! Can’t wait to watch the episode!

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On Objecia, falconry is common to help control invasive species. Many birds of prey are trained to be used in falconry. And it's not just birds, but some pterosaurs and even large flying insects are used in Objecian falconry, it's just the birds of prey that are the most popular. The other creatures trained there have their own version of falconry called "Pteronry" in pterosaurs and "Insectary" in large carnivorous flying insects.

Fantastic episode! Also, I find the idea of falconers trying to train one of your terror bird species hilarious! I mean, what are they gonna do if it don't listen? Spank it on the ass and tell it to go lay down?!

Time to *BIRD UP!*

Damm I wish I had a firebird as a companion.

I always wondered have you ever thought about making a preview story on your channel so more people can find your book series? Also these things look to be quite cute as hatchlings is that why some people buy them for falconry for their cuteness?

The enanthiornithean Firekite is a analog to the famous Black Kite (Milvus migrans), who is better well-know as the Australian pyromaniac bird (thus this species isn't only native to Australie, but alos a good part of Eurasia and Africa, its special behavior is however a native one to the Australian population).. Using natural beginnings of fire to take a part of fire with a stick and actively using it to spread fire thoughtout the dry vegetation open-grassland and creating important fire bush. In order to to dislodge small games fleeing the fire. However, two others Australian birds, the Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) and Brown falcon (Falco berigora) were and are also well recorded to possess this behavior. But overall, every raptorial birds aroudn the world, especially eagle, hawks and kite opportunistically take advantage of fire events to attack vulnerable prey on the ground. But these three species still to these days represent ones of the most proeminent and notable examples/cases in birds and animals species in the world to, in a very complex, sophisticated yet efficient, made use of a tool actively. Even more since the object in question is fire, that mostly see only human as a species have manage to use so far.

I forgot are there swallows in Kaimere. They are my favorite bird due to how they skim for food .

Hope your next video is about marine fish or seabirds

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

I think falconry is extremely cool.In fact, I created a wyvern falconer character for a story in my speculative evolution project. Please RU-vid stop deleting my comment.

Detailed and satisfying. Odd thought... there any particularly specialized species of bamboo on Kaimere? You may have already done a plant episode...

Nice

This unexpected yet amazing erpisode definitely made my day tbh. I'll admit . I did not expect it to be this week but... Thank you for this wonderful lore episode. The point is, Kaimere is incredibly interesting tbh, and the more you do know, the more you'll love it. So, see you in the next episode, and, since Megatheropodes are birds, what are the falconers of Kairul using apart from Enanthornithians?

The Raptorial Parrots descend from the Oligocene harvest, and so the very first introduction, lineage and radiation of Parrots/Psittacid on Kaimere. While their diversity is still high on the planet overall, their diversity is however less numerous and quite way lower in the Known World region, due to competition with true Raptorial birds such Eagle, Hawks and Falcons. Funnily enough, if Falcons are believed to be, following some studies (yet highly debated, not yet proved, and somewhat controversials), very close relatives of Parrots and unrelatted to true Birds of Preys (Raptors and Vultures) and their similarities being convergent evolution, Kaimere have made, in a way, at least, this perspective a reality with these Raptorial meat-eater Parrots. Critters very far from our beloved and funny voice/sound mimic bird we have on earth or in our home.

spec bio falconry??? fuck YES this was made for me

Ah yes, terror bird falconry.

God bless

Amazing video! Are there any instances of indrakai being trained for falconry?

Interesting. Are there any enantiornithes, sapeornithiformes or confusiusiornithids in Kaimere??

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If in general Falconery domain refer and is restricted to modern raptors/raptorial birds/bird of preys, aka Hawks, Eagles, Kites, Ospreys, Bustars, Owls and Falcons (the latters being the litteral nameshake of the domain, hence the name), i'm still very ahppy that you include every others possible meat-eating and predatory birds ! Like Teratorns, Terrors Birds (even if the latters are very,very rare occurences and not coming 95% of the time with results even jsut on the correct line). But also Archaic birds such Enathiornithean birds (who are true birds, just archaic ones). Firebirds, too, because they still are Avialae members (the sister dinosaurs group to Troodontid and Domaeosaurid), and as such Dino-birds (term used to refer to Availae birds outside Enanthiornithean and Aves/Modern Birds and who overall look physically close to Archaeopteryx). But also Dromaeosaurid/Cockatrices dinosaurs, because, well, they are "Raptors". And also the Raptorial/Hawks Parrots, because they are just awesome, badass and threatening looking and indeed animals, far from our docile voice mimic parrot we have on Earth !

Have there been any attempts to utilise the likes of Bat Hawks in "falconry" or is it strictly birds that are used?

I would have thought the peoples of Kaimere would have had an even wider variety of predatory birds to (attempt to) practice falconry with, like owls, predatory parrots, and enantiornithine and xenornithine birds. Perhaps on Kaihrul, the Crown of Kaihrul, or the Northern Continent...

Great episode! It does get me wondering, have there been attempts at training other firebirds beyond the karakai for falconry? Indrakai would probably be as dangerous to train as a cockatrice, but the other two seem fairly tame in size

What were your plans for the Little Eagle you showcased on Twitter? Assuming they got cut due to time constraints, which is incredibly understandable. What inspired the decision to give the osprey the complex "lodge" nests? And i know its to protect from pterosaurs but why give this ability to the osprey in particular? Is the brown falcon descended from the australian brown falcon harvested in the pleistocene or from a different species? Surprised to see the raptorial parrots still knocking around, and that bathawks are rarely used in falconry, but i really loved this episode, and like how it brought so many different topics together under a since subject! Also now i *NEED a baby Karakai its so cute i just want my little bird cats goddammit WHY ARENT THEY **_REEEEEEEAL_*

Have your wver though about making your world a D&D source book? Its amazing to see the amount of detail you put into every episodes! Also where can one find your written works for purchase? Inpatient Dm here and I might borrow some stuff for a upcoming campgian

Omg i love this world thinking about making my own any tips?

I am not sure if any body had commented this on line, but I am wondering if any Permian Islanders have started to use a form of Dragconer/ Dragon Falconery on the Permian Islands.

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Can this accrue with other types of flying animals? Can dragons be trained like that (the small one)like be trained to hunt small prey

Yo 2 videos in a week!!!!

What’s the smallest animal used in falconry?

What are the largest animals ever used in falconry?

Aside from birds used in falconry, what other animals have been trained has hunting companions?

Which of these creatures would be the most affordable?

Skull bottle!!!!

Are there people that try to train Bathawks like a Falconer train a bird of prey?

When is the sophont video coming?

Does anyone in this setting ever hunt with the combination of falcon and "hounds?" With or without a mount added. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tWp7XcPc1gg.html

Fire birds may be still birds so o guess taming them and using them to hunt count as falconary But the therapods like the zentar, karijaku , ukatan etc count as falconary by the naturalists who push the idea they are birds

Barn owlz?

I'm the 169th like I just realized.

First?

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My dude you can edit out mistakes and do different takes you know.

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