Round and Around and Around She Goes: Flight-Conditioning in a Continuous Flyway

Terry Heitz; Marc Payne; Diane Winn

doi:10.53607/wrb.v22.284

Authors

Terry Heitz Avian Haven
Marc Payne Avian Haven
Diane Winn Avian Haven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v22.284

Keywords:

flight conditioning

Abstract

Construction of very large flight cages and creance flying are two traditional strategies for flight-conditioning larger raptors. This paper describes an innovative alternative: a continuous oval flyway surrounding a group of housing cages. Birds making multiple laps may fly 500 feet or more; however, the footprint of the structure is a relatively compact 64 x 52 feet.

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Author Biographies

Terry Heitz, Avian Haven

Terry Heitz, a carpenter and cabinetmaker by trade, designed and built all of the flight cages at Avian Haven. Terry has assisted Marc Payne with several conference workshops on caging.

Marc Payne, Avian Haven

Marc Payne is co-founder and director of Avian Haven, Freedom, ME. Marc was previously affiliated with The Raptor Trust, Millington, NJ, where he helped to design and build or re-build most of the seventy-five cages there at the time. Marc has given numerous workshops and conference presentations on cagebuilding since the mid-1980s, including for NWRA.

Diane Winn, Avian Haven

Diane Winn is co-founder and director of Avian Haven, Freedom, ME. Diane has published several articles and given conference presentations on rehabilitation topics such as passerine nutrition, diets for cultured insects, raising aerial insectivores, and euthanasia. She is also a professor at Colby College, Waterville, ME.

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