Hybrid Mew?

[krazieness2]

I was reading the The Modern Apprentice website and under mews it show a sort of hybrid (near the bottom)
it is basically just a very large weathering area with a solid back wood fence,roof, and fence front.i live in florida so its always a pretty sturdy temp., do you think it a good idea?i could also bring her in whenever is does drop or skyrocket(if it were to which is doubtful lol)
im very non constructive and have like no one to help so i need something thats not too difficult.


also if there is ANYONE in Tampa,FL thats a falconer PLEASE pm me.i would love to go on a hunt but i know no one : (

[tyler1998]

Birds of Prey are usually pretty hearty animals. They are used to dealing with bad weather to a certain degree. It's important to make sure the mews protects the bird from extreme weather, but most importantly, it needs to protect them from critters. Make sure there is no way for anything to get in - including being able to dig under.

Also, if you're going to free loft the bird (or pass an inspection) you need to make sure there isn't anywhere for the bird to perch that you don't want it to. I put my kbird on a bowperch under a window to weather and the first thing she did was jump and hang on to the rubber weather strip that's only 1/8" thick. If I had let her do that for long she would have certainly started breaking feathers.

Other than that, there are an endless number of ways to provide shelter for a bird of prey. Take the time to read all the examples and logs about it on this site and you'll get a better idea.

[krazieness2]

i dont have plans on free lofting but if i was to do this i would like to somehow make a zipline going form one end to the other. ive seem some pretty nice examples.

[Joby]

I actually use a zip line in my weathering area with RTs and it works quite nicely. I actually put a bunch of pictures up here last year or the year before. Basically it showed the whole step by step of how I built it all.
-Joby

[krazieness2]

that might just be the one i saw lol but i dont know.

also how do you keep animals form diging under?
does anything use this method?
it seems cost efficient and easy but also sturdy and reliable as i could bring her in whenever necessary.

[tyler1998]

Jan 5, 2009 23:38:19 GMT -5 krazieness2 said:

also how do you keep animals form diging under?

I'm just a lowly 1st year apprentice. My opinion isn't as valuable as many of the other members. If you want them to chime in their opinions, I would recommend searching for the answers to your questions and if you can't find it, then ask. Show you're willing to work for it and they'll be more willing to help. There've been almost 90,000 posts, so the chances are most of your questions have been addressed.

Here's a post about keeping out digging predators.

apfalconry.proboards19.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=facilities&thread=5149&page=1#78051

[krazieness2]

i did search the hybrid idea but came up with nothing.
if i ever do find some people in my area i would ask their opinion
thanks though