The most intelligent Hawk? (1 Viewer)

[Talon 1]

This was a question i was asked recently and it was a tricky one. It was a Worldwide one so it really got me thinking?

I thought of the harris Hawk as it hunts in Packs and have heard through falconers that they find them very intelligent.

Perhaps others have some hawks that are very intelligent that they no off?

 

[GavinM]

I saw a very non-cooperative Harris at Stonham this summer, totally misbehaving, buzzing the audience and going in the opposite way to the falconers directions. Eventually the bird went and sat on the benches with the audience and refused to be called. It reminded me absolutely of a stroppy teenager. I know it's always dodgy ascribing human emotions and motives to non-humans, but it did seem like a pretty clear case of working out how to get out of work, to me, and the trainer commented that this was a particularly 'moody' bird that was actually a talented hunter, but some days just couldn't be bothered.

In the wild, not sure where it's classified, but the striated cara-cara would put a parrot to shame in terms of working out that food comes in packets, in sandwiches, in bags, in pockets, and how to get it off you (voluntarily or otherwise). That's a very clever bird, but not sure if it's a hawk.