GENERAL ANIMAL THEME
Dirty , low , small
Used , abused
Forced
Need to attract attention
Sexuality
Ego
Animals
Attack and defense
BIRDS
They feel TRAPPED by the NEGATIVITY within themselves and in the world.
They feel trapped by the EGO.
They feel trapped by the need for the RELATIONSHIPS with which come DUTIES
and OBLIGATIONS.
They feel trapped by their own instincts of SEXUALITY.
Therefore the need to be FREE.
TRAPPED
caught up , bound , caged , cornered , trapped
tightness , stiffness
oppression
NEGATIVITY WITHIN
Ego
Anger
Aggression……(bite , kill )
Hatred
Competition
Guilt
NEGATIVITY IN THE WORLD
cheat …….deception
injustice………..right / wrong
danger
plots
politics
BIRDS (common theme)
SEXUALITY
Attract Attention
Rape
Prostitution
Cheap
Naked
Fall
FREEDOM
Freed , free - spirited , free fall , drug like state , being like a child
ESCAPE
Flying , mountain , rise , love for nature
OPEN , EXPRESSION FREELY
OUT OF THIS WORLD , SPACED OUT ,
NOT THERE
Vulnerable ,shaky
Attack / Defenseless
Need to protect / Help
EMPATHY ( power to enter into feelings & spirits of others)
VERY SENSITIVE
CARING
LOVING
MOTHER LIKE
CHILDREN
RESIGNATION
COLD
INDIFFERENCE
DETACHED
Dirty , Disgust
Ugly
Odd , Laughed at
Unwanted , Unloved , Not Liked
Alone / Aloof
Neglected
Humiliated
SOME SOURCE WORDS
FLIGHT , HEIGHT (EXCEL)
STABILITY , BALANCE
DIRECTION
CONTROL
ORDER
CLARITY
STRONG
BIG
SPEED……..CAR
POLARITY
 FEAR OF FALL
UNSTABLE
DIRECTIONLESS
LOSS OF CONTROL
CHAOS
CONFUSION
WEAK
SMALL
ACCIDENT / DANGER
HEAVY
LIGHT
PHYSICALS
CLAUSTROPHOBIA / SUFFOCATION
RESTLESSNESS
NUMBNESS
RAVENOUS HUNGER
DESIRES……stimulants , open air
SENSITIVE TO NOISE
GAS / DISTENTION
VISION…..acute , sharp , clear , bright
GENERAL THEME OF BIRDS [EXTRACTS FROM DIFFERENT PROVINGS]
Hawk
FLYING WAS A FEELING OF BEING COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM
THE EARTH & AN UNLIMITED FREEDOM & TO HAVE THIS OVERVIEW &
BEING COMPLETELY ALONE.
Raven
EVERYTHING IS PRISTINE AND PURE .
AND THEN I NOTICED ……DIRT AND EVIL , THE
INTRANSIGENCE OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE POWER …….”HOW CAN YOU DESTROY THIS
BEAUTY ? “ FEELING POWERLESS.
Falcon
Strong need to stand up against any form of oppression , whether it be to myself or to
others (feel used , abused , taken for granted ,manipulated , trapped ) .
Don’t want to back down on issues.
I am not going to play the victim………going to stand up to these people (feel I could
explode , vindictive , destructive) .
Responded with irritation and anger when felt my boundaries have been under threat
or when challenged .
Animal instinct to rise up & protect .
Distanced myself to protect myself .
Reported Proven Bird Remedies
 1. Buteo jam (Red tailed hawk)
 2. Cathartes aura ( Turkey Vulture)
 3. Corvus corvax (Raven)
 4. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Eagle)
 5. Columba (Dove)
 6. Psittacus (Macaw)
 7. Ovi gallinae pellicula (Membrane of Shell of a Hen's Egg)
 8. Larus argentatus (Seagull)
 9. Falco Pereginus Disciplinatus (Peregrine Falcon
INFO / CASE WORDS / THEMES OF SPECIFIC BIRDS
CROW (info)
•The true crows are large passerine birds that comprise the genus Corvus which includes
ravens, magpies, and blue jays.
•In literary and fanciful usage, the collective noun for a group of crows is a murder. This
name came about because a group of crows will sometimes kill a dying crow.
• Loud, rambunctious, and very intelligent, crows are either loved or hated by
humans.
•Crows are very social and have a tight-knit family. They roost in huge numbers (in the
thousands) to protect themselves from enemies like red-tailed hawks, horned-owls, and
raccoons. Crow couples are thought to mate for life.
•Crows are notoriously difficult to trap and band for study, and have been frustrating
ornithologists for decades.
Intelligence
•On a university campus in Japan. Carrion crows and humans line up patiently, waiting
for the traffic to halt.
•When the lights change, the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts, which they
picked from the adjoining trees, on the road. After the lights turn green again, the birds
fly away and vehicles drive over the nuts, cracking them open. Finally, when it’s time to
cross again, the crows join the pedestrians and pick up their meal.
•Biologists knew the corvid family to be among the smartest of all birds. But this
remarkable piece of would seem to be a particularly acute demonstration of bird
intelligence.The crows in Japan have only been cracking nuts this way since about 1990.
They have since been seen doing it in California.
Intelligence
With Aesop's fable of The Crow and the Pitcher showing that humans have long viewed
the crow as an intelligent animal. Crows & Ravens top the avian IQ scale. Crows show
modest linguistic capabilities and the ability to relay information over great
distances, live in complex, hierarchic societies involving hundreds of individuals
with various "occupations", and have an intense rivalry with the area's less socially
advanced ravens. Crows will engage in a kind of midair jousting, or air-chicken to
establish pecking order.
Intelligence
•However, scientists believe it is not physical need that drives creatures to become
smarter, but social necessity. The complexities of living together require a higher level of
intelligence. Corvids and parrots, are highly social–and smart–animals.
Intelligence
•Some ravens certainly apply their intelligence for the good of the flock. They contact
other ravens to tell them the location of a carcass. The birds roost together at night on a
tree, arriving noisily from all directions shortly before sunset. The next morning, all the
birds leave the roost as highly synchronized groups at dawn.
Intelligence used for their society
•They may all be flying off in the direction taken by a bird, which had discovered a
carcass the previous day,apparently sharing his prize finding with the rest of the flock.
•Ravens share information about their findings of food carcasses because dead animals
are patchily distributed and hard to find. Many eyes have a better chance of finding a
carcass, and once one has been located, the information is pooled.
SHARING
•Although the carcass now has to be shared between more individuals, the heavy snowfall
and risk of mammal scavengers taking the kill mean that a single bird or a small group
could not eat it all alone anyway. Some are even believed to solicit help with the carving,
by tipping off other predators, such as wolves, about the meat so they will rip it open.
•While hawks tend to be the primary daytime predators of crows, their most deadly
predators, in many areas, are the owls that hunt by night, preying upon crows sleeping
helplessly in their roosts. Presumably their dark colour is particularly helpful in blending
into nighttime shadows. Frequently crows appear to "play" with hawks, taking turns
"counting coup" while escorting the raptor out of their territory.
COUNT COUP
To show bravery and receive honor by touching an enemy, usually with a special stick
used for that purpose only. In some tribes, touching a living enemy had more honor than
touching a dead enemy. Touching a man had more honor than touching a woman. The
first to touch received more honor than the second or third. When feathers were awarded
for coup, they were sometimes depending on the tribe, cut or painted to indicate the type
and amount of honor they represented. Oddly enough, killing the enemy did not count for
coup the first to touch took the honor, be he the killer or not. When used by the mountain
man, the expression "I'll count coup on him" usually meant "I'll kill him", after which, the
taking of the dead man's scalp was normal.
Extra-specific uses of colour in crow societies
•Many crow species are all black. Most of their natural enemies, the raptors or
"falconiformes", soar high above the trees, and hunt primarily on bright, sunny days
when contrast between light and shadow is greatest. Crows take advantage of this by
manœuvreing themselves through the dappled shades of the trees, where their black
colour renders them effectively invisible to their enemies above, in order to set up
complex ambush attacks. Thus, their black colouring is of great strategic importance
to their societies.
Intra-specific uses of colour in crow societies
•Even in species characterized by being all black, one will still occasionally find varying
degrees of albinism.The treatment of these rare individuals may vary.For example, one
such individual may receive special treatment, attention, or care from the others in
its group, while another group of the same species might exile such individuals,
forcing them to fend for themselves.
TRIVIA
•Crows are upset by the sight of dead crows. They grieve, or do something that appears
similar. Crows come back and visit a kill site. They may visit several times a day.It is
drawing attention to the problem to warn other crows away.
CROW (folklore)
•Crows, and especially ravens, often feature in European legends or mythology as
portents or harbingers of doom or death. In Native American folklore, Crow is often
seen as a similar trickster to Coyote.
BAD PRESS
•"Unfortunately, crows are the victims of a lot of bad press. Look how the language
treats them. The expression 'to eat crow' means to do something disagreeable. To 'crow' is
to brag obnoxiously. Wrinkles around the eyes are called 'crow's-feet.' "
•The public rap sheet on crows was long. Crows, their critics say, are noisy, nervy and
messy.
BIRD BRAIN
•Of course, the bird world has its share of “bird brains.” There are the birds that build
three nests behind three holes under a flower pot, because they can't remember which is
which, and birds that attack their own reflections.
•What you need to remember is that crows adapt. You have to respect and admire
something that adapts. Crows are opportunists -- “they will eat almost anything,
including other crows. That scares people, but it's a very valuable role."
•West Nile had first shown up in the far-flung boroughs of New York in 1999. By 2001 it
was raging in the crow population in the Washington area.
CROW (history)
•The crow chose human civilization for survival .
•Adaptability ,high intelligence are it’s tools in it’s struggle for existence .It is highly
successful and an oppurtunistic feeder .
•Yet despised ,unwanted & is considered a bad omen .
•What might the crow the feel ?
Perhaps is best expressed in the delusional state of the crow patients .
CROW (words)
•Injustice
•Right - Wrong (good-bad)
•Lie
•Greed
•Rape
•Cheat
•Money
•Pursuit / Chased
•Murder
•Death
•Fire
•Ego
•No fear
•Struggle
•Survive
•Help others
•Protect /Defend
•Force
•Trap
•Stuck
•Stiff
•Escape
•Float
•Fly
•Free
•Peace
•Comfortable
•Unwanted
•Alone
•Grudge
•Control
•Defective
•Clean - Dirty
•Heavy
•Weight
CROW (theme)
•The world around is full of WRONGS,CORRUPTION,selfishness, INJUSTICE ,
CHEATING,politics,plots. If a person dies,the next door neighbor is not concerned .
•It is in this DIRTY world that he must use intelligence to struggle to survive.
•Unwanted & despised,dirty,stiff & tight is what he feels and desires freedom ,natural
space.
•Yet desire for comfort,material things trap him-as he too murders another & becomes a
part of this dirty world .
PIGEONS / DOVES
•The pigeons and doves are some 300 species of near passerine birds in the order
Columbiformes. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used interchangeably, although
smaller species are more likely to be called doves.
•The species commonly referred to just as the "pigeon" is the feral Rock Pigeon.
•Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a
fleshy cere.
•This family occurs worldwide .It is related to the extinct dodo. The young doves and
pigeons are called "squabs".
•Pigeons are polymorphic for feather color. This means that pigeons come in more than
one pattern of color.
HISTORY
•About 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, humans began to capture and raise pigeons. Some
they raised for food, some for racing, and some to carry messages.
•City pigeons are feral. That means they descended from escaped domestic pigeons. In
the wild, non-domestic rock pigeons nest and roost on cliffs and ledges. Which is why
their feral cousins park their tails on statues and buildings,they hang around cities.
Doves and pigeons have a dignified charm and an intriguing though subtle personality.
They can be a great companion bird as they are exceptionally neat making very little
seed mess, extremely gentle and devoted, and one of the least expensive pets.
•Doves and pigeons mate for life. That is an important reason why they are a cherished
symbol of love and fidelity. Many of the following behaviors look so much like what we
see in loving human relationships that it's no wonder that the description "lovey-dovey"
was coined.
•One
aspect of the courtship of the wood pigeon, or ringdove (Columba palumbus), is the
prolonged, gentle rubbing of one bird's beak, usually the male's, through the head feathers
of his mate. While they are looking for a partner, the males strut their stuff in front of the
object of their affection. The birds also appear to kiss their mates and very gently stroke
each other's head.
•Equal partners and devoted parents
•Both parents bring straw, walnut leaf-twigs called petioles, pine needles or other local
materials to build a very flimsy,thin nest on a flat ledge.
•Both parents incubate the eggs: mom at night, dad for half of the day.
•Both parents feed the newborns 'pigeon milk' a liquid made in the parents throats.
AN ARTIST !
•In recent experiments at Cardiff University in Britain, a pigeon identified subtle
differences between abstract designs that even art students did not notice. It could even
tell that a Picasso was not the same as a Monet. The experiment seems to show that
pigeons can hold concepts, or ideas, in their heads. The visual concept for the pigeon is
Picasso’s painting style.
DOVES
• The White Dove, Sacred White Dove, or Java Dove is the universal symbol of peace,
love, and tranquility throughout recorded history. From Noah to today's peace
negotiations, writers, poets, and artists have used the dove to embody these ideals.
Another area where White Doves are commonly used is in magic acts. They are
intelligent birds that can be taught simple tricks, and they are not afraid of being in a
cloth handkerchief or a dark hat.
• White Doves are actually a white variety of the Ringneck Dove .They are very easy to
care for and have a very sweet gentle nature. They will do well in either a cage or in
an aviary and can be kept as a single bird or as a pair. Once a White Dove is comfortable
with its home and its family, It can be handled by adults and children alike.
DOVE (words)
•LOST
•DON’T BELONG
•CROWDED
•LEARN
•SHAKY
•PEACE
DOVE (theme)
•Mild,sweet,peaceful & gentle as they are, shaking & trembling with fear.
•They try hard to learn & be part of the human family that captures & cares for them .
•Yet they don’t belong & feel suffocated,crowded,controlled and not respected &long for
freedom,peace,calmness.
•However if left free ,feel lost & unable to fend for themselves or find their way !
•This then is the catch 22 ,that traps the DOVE .
HOMING PIGEONS
•You
should only use trained white homing pigeons for dove releases. They are bigger,
stronger, more visual, and they know how to fly home.
•Homing pigeons come in different colors. White homing pigeons have been
selectively bred over the centuries for their color and homing instinct.
•You cannot train white ring neck doves to return home because they do not have a
"homing instinct". White ring neck doves cannot fly more than a few feet away or fend
for themselves. If released outdoors, white ring neck doves try to run free but they can
easily fall pray to cats and hawks and may be hit by cars.
•Homing pigeons are gifted with a superior eye site and memory that helps them find and
remember landmarks such as rivers, lakes, mountains, and building structures. Unlike
humans, they have the advantage of a "bird's eye view" that helps them recognize
landmarks as far as their eyes can see!
Help! I am lost!
•Q)Two days ago my family had a yard sale.Early that morning,the bird then began to
perch on my dad's hat. The bird stayed the whole day, following my father and I
wherever we went. Finally, after we packed everything up, it disappeared.Later,the bird
came back!Could you please tell us why it is not leaving?
•A)I strongly suspect that this is a lost,confused homing pigeon that thinks your house
is its home.
•The Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a member of the family Columbidae, doves
and pigeons.
•The three Western European Columba pigeons, Wood Pigeon, Stock Pigeon, and Rock
Pigeon, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the Wood Pigeon
may be identified at once by its larger size at 38–43 cm, and the white on its neck and
wing. It is otherwise a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast.
•It breeds in trees in woods, parks and gardens, laying two white eggs in a simple stick
nest which hatch after 17 to 19 days. Wood pigeons seem to have a preference for trees
near roadways and rivers. The nests are vulnerable to attack, particularly by crows.
•Its flight is quick, performed by regular beats, with an occasional sharp flick of the
wings.It takes off with a loud clattering. It perches well, and in its nuptial display walks
along a horizontal branch with swelled neck, lowered wings, and fanned tail. During the
display flight the bird climbs, the wings are smartly cracked like a whiplash, and the bird
glides down on stiff wings.
•The Wood Pigeon is gregarious, often forming very large flocks outside the breeding
season.
•Wood Pigeons waddle when they walk, which adds to their general appearance of being
overweight.
•Feeding :
•Although they can be greedy feeders, taking large amounts of food put out for other
garden visitors, they are an interesting species and well worth.
•They also drink a lot. An interesting feature about how they drink is that they use their
beak like a straw, whereas other birds scoop the water up and throw their heads back to
let it flow down their throats.
A big, bold successful pigeon.
•"Pigeons are a very misunderstood bird," said James Mejeur, Curator of Birds at the
National Aviary in Pittsburgh (www.aviary.org). Mejeur said pigeons are survivors and
very good at adapting to their environment. "They are very successful birds.
Unfortunately some people don't like those who are too successful. Bill Gates is
successful--people love to hate him just like they love to hate pigeons."
PIGEON (words)
•RESPECT,DUE
•Obstacle
•Wrong
•Controlled
•Freedom
•Anger
•Rebellion
•Good man
•Mild
•Efforts to find their way
•Conscience
•Capture ,Arrest
•Sexuality
The staph of the bird family
PIGEON (theme)
•Pigeons have long been domesticated by man for food,messaging,games etc.
•Not surprisingly the state the Columba Pal expresses is that losing freedom and self
respect for money,job, popularity - thus feeling caged & suffocated.The feeling is it is
better to die than to lose your self respect & be wrongly controlled by someone else .
PIGEON (theme)
•A patient put it poetically :
“Oh bird,flying in the air .If it puts an obstacle in your flight - leave that food.Death is
better than this !
MACAW (info)
•Macaws are large colorful New World parrots, They are the largest birds in the parrot
family in length and wingspan.
•Macaws eat nuts and fruit. They also gnaw and chew on various objects. They show a
large amount of intelligence in their behaviour and require constant intellectual
stimulation to satisfy their innate curiosity.
•Bonding: Macaws have been said to live for up to 100 years.They are monogamous
and mate for life. In captivity unmated macaws will bond primarily with one person –
their keeper. Pet macaws thrive on frequent interaction, and a lack of this can lead to
their mental and physical suffering.
•Other sub-bondings also take place and most macaws that are subjected to nonaggressive behavior will trust most humans, and can be handled even by strangers if
someone familiar is also alongside.
•Macaws are known to eat clay as an antidote to the poisonous seeds they eat. Scientists
have found out that the chemicals in clay mix with the poison allowing to pass through
the bird's digestive system unharmed.
•Daily Life; except when breeding, macaws move about in screeching flocks. In the early
morning, a screeching chorus begins as birds leave their roosts to gather in a tree. There
they bask in the sun before setting off to feed. At midday, when the heat builds up they
look for shade. When the sun's rays begin to weaken the birds come out again to feed. At
dusk, they return to their assembly point, usually a bare tree, before separating to fly off
to their individual roosts for the night.
•Although the macaw has such brilliant colours, it is actually very difficult to spot up in
the tree canopy, against the golden shafts of sunlight and blue sky. This camouflage gives
it some protection against birds of prey.
The parents feed the young on regurgitated food and they both defend the nest, showing
great aggression towards intruders, screeching loudly and raising their wings above
their heads to show the brightly coloured underwings.
Even after fledging, the young macaws may stay in their family group for more than a
year.
Look who is talking !
•Captive pet macaws sometimes display difficult behavior, the most common being
biting, screaming, and feather-plucking. Feather-plucking does not normally occur in the
wild, strongly suggesting that it is the result of a neurosis related to life in captivity.
•Most
pet macaws had ancestors living in the wild just two or three generations ago, and
are not truly domesticated by any reasonable definition. All species of macaws have very
powerful, large beaks and are capable of causing considerable harm to both children and
adults. They tend to be extremely loud: their voices are designed to carry over long
distances. This makes macaws very demanding birds to keep as a household pet.
Additional complications arise from the intelligence levels of macaws and their negative
responses to stimuli people generally use on domestic pets.
Look who is talking !
•Macaws require a great deal of attention and living space.
•Although Scarlet Macaws tend to bond with an individual person, they can be
untrustworthy and nippy with anyone.
•Social regurgitation may be pronounced. Discipline, leadership, patience, hooding
(covering the head), a sense of ritual and the offering of rewards are necessary to modify
the behavior of macaws.
•The goal of clipping the wings is NOT to make the bird incapable of flight, but to
prevent it from developing rapid and sustained flight and to prevent escape. Trimming
the wings may keep the bird more dependent on its owner and less aggressive.
PMT
•Since parrots are genetically wild animals, rising hormone levels start dictating what
they should be doing in the savannahs of Africa or the rainforests of South America …
not what they should be doing in our living rooms. Instincts tell them to find a mate and
establish territory. If they think they already have a mate in their favorite person, they
might begin to defend that mate from any competition, thereby attacking their favorite
person’s significant other. They may start trying to make a nest by finding a dark corner
in which to shred various materials, which is what my macaw does in the cereal cabinet if
I am not vigilant.
MACAW(theme)
•The state of Macaw is expressed as the conflict of wanting to be with the group on one
side and feeling a loss of one’s privacy, and freedom on the other.
• So Macaw feels …. Alone, wants to be with the group, wants to be needed and be
important to them. But then this dependency feels like a burden.
•The group makes him feel crowded and congested and he feels that the group has made
him timid, soft, cowed down and closed him in.
MACAW(theme)
•He feels he has lost the boldness to go out and travel alone.
•Trapped by his need and dependency, he yearns for freedom and flight.
•This then seems to reflect the story of the domesticated “parrot” of today.
SCORNED
•Ironically, we seem to most revere the wildlife that can tolerate us least -- wolves and
eagles and other reclusive creatures. The animals that do tolerate us, that have learned to
adapt and even profit from being around us -- pigeons, Canada geese, rats, crows -- these
animals we scorn.
RED TAILED HAWK
DESCRIPTION
Hawks are carnivores (meat eaters) who belong to the category of birds known as
raptors -- birds of prey. They have strong, hooked beaks; their feet have three toes
pointed forward and one turned back; and their claws, or talons, are long, curved and very
sharp.
The eyesight of a hawk is eight times as powerful as a human's.
In an aggressive posture, the body and head of the red-tailed hawk are held upright and
its feathers are standing up. In submission, the hawk's head is lower to the ground and the
feathers are smooth.
Food & Hunting
The Red-tailed Hawk is a most opportunistic hunter. 85 to 90 % is composed of small
rodents, with rabbits, snakes and lizards included.
Red-tailed Hawks prefer to wait on a high perch and swoop down on prey; they also
patrol open areas in flight. When soaring or flapping their wings, they typically travel
from 30 km/h to 65 km/h but when diving, they reach speeds as high as 195 km/h.
These hawks swallow smaller prey whole. Birds are beheaded, then eaten. Larger prey
are killed with talons.
Food & Hunting
Red-tailed Hawks will steal from other raptors, such as eagles, owls, or other hawks.
Mated Red-tailed Hawks will sometimes work together while hunting. Red-tailed
Hawks throw up pellets. When they swallow prey whole, they regurgitate (throw up)
small balls of hair, feathers, and bone.
It is an aggressive bird and vigorously defends its territory, They will chase other Redtailed Hawks and birds larger than them that get too close.
NATURE
The hawk has great courage in a small body; its determination arms it better than its
claws do. It is called a robber bird because it greedily snatches food from other birds. The
hawk is known as a harsh & cruel parent, refusing to feed its young when they are able to
fly, but rather beating them with its wings to drive them out of the nest. This is done to
teach them to catch prey while they are still young, so that they will not become lazy
when they are adults. There are two kinds of hawks: wild hawks, which catch and eat
domestic birds; and tame hawks, which return the wild birds they catch to their master.
When its feathers become old, the hawk heats its wings in a warm wind to loosen the
feathers and make them fall out .The way the hawk sheds its old feathers signifies how
the warm touch of the spirit causes one to cast off his old life.
BEHAVIOR
Red-tailed Hawks are monogamous and may remain paired throughout the year. They
perform a sort of courtship "dance" where the male and female dive and roll in the sky.
Some juveniles may continue to associate with their parents for up to six months after
they leave the nest.
Feathers and native American use
The feathers and other parts of the Red-tailed Hawk are considered sacred to many
American indigenous people and, like the feathers of the Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle,
are sometimes used in religious ceremonies.
Use in falconry
The Red-tailed Hawk is a popular bird in falconry, particularly in America where the
sport of falconry is highly regulated at the federal and state levels. Most falconers
eventually release their wild-caught raptors back into the wild once they are of breeding
age.
The most common hunting technique with Red-tailed Hawks is to turn the bird loose
and let it perch in a tree or other high vantage point. The falconer (sometimes aided by a
dog if the bird accepts dogs as hunting partners), then attempts to get a prey animal to
move by stirring up ground cover, tapping tree trunks, and shaking vines to get squirrels
to move. The well-trained Red-tailed Hawk will follow the falconer and dog, realizing
that their activities produce opportunities to catch game. Contrary to popular belief, once
a raptor catches game, it does not bring it back to the falconer. Instead, the falconer must
locate the bird, make in, and trade the bird off of its kill in exchange for a piece of readyto-eat meat--generally from a previous kill.
Use in falconry
Behaviorally, the Red-tailed Hawk is generally a very easy-going bird in captivity and
an eager and willing hunting partner once in the field. They will however revert to a
semi-wild state in 1-3 weeks without training or hunting, which makes it very easy to
fatten them up and almost effortlessly return them to the wild once the hunting season is
over and just prior to the breeding season.
TRIVIA
A certain recording of the cry of the Red-tailed Hawk is probably one of the most often
heard cinematic sound clichés. This high, fierce scream is often featured in the
background of adventure movies to give a sense of wilderness to the scene.
HAWK (proving - shore)
The Red-tailed Hawk is probably the best known of all the larger Hawks. It is
handicapped by the misleading name " Hen Hawk " - it does occasionally eat poultry.
While fully 66 per cent. of the Red-tail's food consists of injurious mammals, not more
than 7 per cent. consists of poultry, and a large proportion of the poultry and game
captured by it and the other buzzard Hawks is made up of old, diseased, or otherwise
disabled fowls .

It is well known to poulterers and owners of game preserves that killing off the diseased
and enfeebled birds, and so preventing their interbreeding with the sound stock, keeps the
yard and coveys in good condition and hinders the spread of fatal epidemics. It seems,
therefore, that the birds of prey which catch aged, frost-bitten, and diseased poultry,
together with wounded and crippled game, are serving both farmer and sportsman.

In
the first night I had five dreams and in all of them I was I was naturally taking care for
another person. I was especially impressed my thought was natural loving feeling like
family. It is natural to take care of somebody. The most marked sequence the first dream
it was a handicapped person, I did not know this person. I have been taken care of this
person for five years and I did not want to do it any more. Nobody understood why I did
not want to do it any more. But I was not upset about this it was very natural. It was
without resentment or anything, but I had done enough. The whole feeling in these
dreams was natural and love.

Normally
I dream a lot. I grew up .... I use wrong words ... and feel torn between my
feelings and the needs of other people.
The dream was very clear when I woke up in the morning. I brought my little son into
the kindergarten and this morning I wanted to stay there for the morning (that is real I do
that sometimes). And then I wanted to go for a walk and go there again. The person who
looks there after the children agreed. I was told that normally a child who's name was
Lasse, disagreed, but she told me that this was a good opportunity to tell this child that it
could not always along in his way, that he could not have the control. And it was without
resentment, the child had to accept this.

Felt like flying, very high in the air as having taken drugs (I have never taken drugs). it
was like floating in the air, I did not move my wings and I saw birds heads, birds of prey,
and there was an incredible yearning for freedom. I had the feeling that we were hawks.
There was a leash and a leather glove and I had to go back to this hand to which I was
connected with a leash. The yearning for freedom was very strong.
A dull and boning pain in the right hip (I don't know this pain at all.). The menses came
early. A strong menstrual pain which I never have. As if sticks are pushed into the pelvis
like magicians cutting women into pieces. A nervous restlessness, I was at a great hurry.
The hip pain was at the attachment of the muscle to the trochanter major.
After two or three hours she woke up with very strong cramps in her legs, led in the calf
and right big toe. It was unbearable .
HAWK (words)
Care
Duty
Responsibility
Guilt
Shame
Heavy
Burden
Load
Trap
Space
Privacy
Artificial / Natural
Dependant / Independent
Handicapped
Focus
Confused
Shaky
Socializing
Aeroplane / Flying
Control Self
Stuck
HAWK (theme)
The hawk is torn between the needs of the others and his own needs .
He feels he is obligated to care for others (handicapped & retarded ) out of his GUILT
and yet when he does that and not what he needs there is RESENTMENT.
Trapped by his guilt and resentment he longs to be free and do what is NATURAL for
him .
There is also a strong need to be a part of group or fit in & to do what is expected of him
/ rules or he will be abandoned , neglected (cow).
EAGLE
Scientists loosely divide eagles into four groups based on their physical characteristics
and behavior - fish eagles, snake or serpent eagles, booted or true eagles, and harpy or
buteonine eagles.
The bald eagle is a sea or fish eagle.
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, is the only eagle unique to North America.
The bald eagle's scientific name signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white
(leukos) head.
At one time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless.
Fidelity - Once paired, bald eagles remain together until one dies, the survivor will not
hesitate to accept a new mate.
Golden eagles are very sensitive to human disturbance during nesting. Breeding success
is also very dependent on prey densities. Due to high mortality rates it takes a pair 10
years to produce enough young to replace themselves.
The greater spotted eagle is also known to consume small mammals, waterbirds and
snakes. It will eat carrion and may force black kites (Milvus migrans) to surrender prey .

Eagles sit at the top of the food chain, making them more vulnerable to toxic chemicals
in the environment, since each link in the food chain tends to concentrate chemicals from
the lower link.
Less adept at hunting, young eagles are more likely to eat carrion, and possibly ingest
poisoned meat used to bait wolves and coyotes.
Starvation where the food is scarce. Up to half of them starve to death their first winter,
due to lack of hunting skills.
If an eagle ends up in the water due to misjudgment of altitude or snagging a large fish,
there's a danger they may die of exposure.
EAGLE (proving - dr divya)
You have to be strong so that people do not dominate. I have power, I wanted to do
what is right - on the other side- I fear-attack by somebody. Therefore, I have to be
strong.
Dream- harassed by the guy. If I do not do anything, they will be more powerful/do
something, so I have to be strong.
To be protective for person whom you love, on other side cutting yourself from good
relations just bcos you feel dominated.

Affected by murder/fights/riots in society,therefore reaction is go away/fight and
show/thick skin, not let it affect you.
My weak point should not show. It should not affect me. I want to be above all this- not
wearing earrings,etc.
I have the strength to fight. I am superior. I am tall ,others are small. I am upright, no
one can dare to touch me.

I will speak what I want, does not matter if you like it or not, don’t understand. I am
above all this.
Why should I fight,absolve. If I speak other person will be hurt, therefore forget
it.absolve yourself from negative feelings of anger, hate etc.
Dreams of anger but couldn’t express. Absolve to free from obligations,sin and guilt.
Dream- he is on a high- on a flying horse-falling down from the high position of
ego,morals etc.
If you fall down you will fall in dirt, muck so never let yourself fall down.
EAGLE (theme)
Feels trapped , caged , caught by the NEGATIVITY of anger , hatred , ego ,
competition within and by it’s need for relationship .
The desire is to
RISE ABOVE & ABSOLVE oneself of the negativity's within .
To be indifferent , distant ,detached , from the relations where they feel
DOMINATED
& feel confined by duties & obligations put on them .
FALCON (natural history)
 The training of the Falcon is necessary partly to make the bird used to people and the
accoutrements of the hunt, but most importantly to give the falconer a way of calling the
bird back to him. This is done by creating a Pavlovian response to the sight of the lure
and the sound of a particular whistle.
The bird when ready for training is "furnished". Jesses, lengths of supple but hardwearing leather, are attached to each of the bird's legs. The jesses can be attached by a
swivel to a leash or a creance, a long strong cord, to hold the bird or prevent it from
flying away. Jesses are worn all the time, even when the bird is in flight.
The bird is left tethered in semi-darkness without food. After a substantial time, when
the bird is exhausted and starving, it is offered a morsel of meat on the gloved fist. When
it is driven by hunger to eat it will step on to the glove to take the meat. Gradually the
bird gets used to coming to the fist to feed and to being carried around. Hawks are always
fed on the fist and are called by being shown the gloved hand. Falcons are fed from, and
called to, the "lure".
 This is a horseshoe-shaped piece of padded leather with birds' wings on either side and
a ring, to which meat is tied, in the centre. The lure is swung in a circle on a piece of
cord. Whenever the bird is offered food a distinctive whistle is sounded.
 When the bird is used to people and dogs and to being fed it is introduced to the
hood. This is a padded leather hood which fits over the Falcon's head and is tied on with
laces. It is kept on the bird when transporting it and during the hunt to prevent the bird
from being distracted or becoming over-excited.
A bird of prey is never domesticated. The learned response to the lure and the sound of
the whistle will usually call back the bird but if it were to fly out of sight or hearing it
would be free, miniature radio trackers are now fitted to trained birds so they can be
traced .
FALCON (proving-misha norland)
I feel confusion about what's going on. Is it me or is it the remedy? I feel sick to my
stomach - low down in solar plexus area. Something is stirring at the very core of me
holding on to my feelings and emotions, engulfing them. I feel sick, frightened, trapped.
My legs feel weak. I want to cry. Something alien is going on - it's not me - but is it? I
feel as if I'm going mad, divided. I want "it" to come out. I feel as if I could be sick and
throw "it" up and out, but "it" would have to come from right deep down, "it" is putting
out tentacles. I feel disgusted by its presence. It's trying to control me
Again last night I became quite directionless, going round and round, picking up things,
putting them down again, doing something else, then dropping it.
Contact with the group energy has put me into a tailspin!
Also feeling up and down. At times felt really high, wanted to just sit. The energy would
go and the another wave would come again.
Feelings both physical and mental, came and went in waves for the rest of the night .
Rapidly changing emotions and states in extremes, depths of state - heightened state .
I do seem to be flipping from feeling quite trippy, to carefree, to calm, to emotional, to
despondent, very changeable, much more than usual, I do tend to take things personally
but I am intense and rapidly changeable.
Feel high but in my body. Unbounded but quite grounded
Climbed up in the adventure playground. Got into a situation that I felt was dangerous,
but I thought this is dangerous - but didn't feel any fear - I turned around and walked
back.
Drew a kite earlier and felt as if I was flying and drew birds.
 I had difficulties driving, I felt quite chilled out about driving, normally I would get
stressed out.
 I drove home that evening in a record time of 1hr 10min, a journey which usually
takes me 1hr 30min. I drove at high speed, I was aware of the speed but I didn't care.
Sensation of horizon moving towards me and then lifting. Like a ball, or two balls
spinning towards me.

I had a sense of expanded consciousness.

I felt that all my "small self" needs could just arise and be dealt with or not, I felt
really good.
Feeling quite "spaced-out" again feeling quite confident, relaxed. Very spaced-out.
 The other main theme is this sort of spaciness I get, especially in the car. The
detachment becomes so intense that it sort of starts off with a numbness in my legs,
which is kind of strange when you are driving. When we first took the remedy, it was like
tripping, like the world was going to disintegrate in front of me, and it happens every
time I get into a car
I felt the need to get away, to go into the mountains. I got in the car and drove to Wales.
I went to the mountain where there is a lake associated with a spirit and with legends, it is
my place of healing and pilgrimage.
Detached, totally cut off from emotions, no emotional connection with other people, just
didn't feel anything.
I feel smaller than usual. Usually I feel really big. I'm just thinking about how small I
have become.
 I feel totally used, abused and humiliated by my instincts, by nature itself. My partner's
desire seems to be formed by her cycle and her hormones and has nothing to do with love
or desire. Yet my responses are outside of my control and when she wants I will respond
whether I want to or not. This makes me keep my distance, act coldly, lest through nature
she takes things out of my hands.
We have committed murder and are being chased by the authorities. An oriental island,
lots of people, small streets and hills. Climbed up hill towards a school. Ascended to the
top of the building. Needed a helicopter to escape. Felt remorse and dread about the
crime. I wouldn't have killed but was connected with the murder. There is a girl who can
fly, we follow her in hope but she won't leap off the sheer drop. At sea, a nuclear bomb
goes off. It is beautiful. We watch in awe as the island is destroyed.
FALCON (words)
SPEED
POWER
CONTROL
HIGH as if caffeine induced
STRING BROKEN
BALANCE
TRACKING
ADVENTURE
ENERGY flush of
DRIVING
ROBBER
GUIDANCE
SEA
DIVINE
CRIME
DESTROY
SMALL
LOST
CHAINED
Falcon (phrases)
As said by the patient :
Food given when one is hungry versus food given when starving - then the
insecurity arises whether food will be there tomorrow or not .
I want to go beyond the barrier where people can’t see me .They are tracking
me.
FALCON (story)
The falcon symbolizes control,power,speed.It is the power of maintaining balance &
control at high speed .
As it thrills at it’s freedom,independence -it is trapped by it’s instinct for food .
Starved ,conditioned & lured it is powerfully under the control of another .
Dependant ,claustrophobic ,helpless it yearns freedom but again & again its instinct
pulls it back & holds it down.It desires to fly high,alone,free beyond the barrier
where no one can see it & thus cannot call it back to be trapped once again.
FALCON (theme)
The patient in the Falcon state perceives relationships ,responsibilities,guilt as strings
that tie him down .
His space is intruded ,he is a helpless victim to his own instinct as he feels no longer in
charge,in control of his life.
This loss of freedom feels claustrophobic & the patient attempts to capture the power &
control of freedom by driving at high speed ,running fast downhill ,adventuresparagliding,bungee jumping.
He desires to go away alone so far that no one can track him ,think of him ,let alone see
him .
SWAN (info)
Swans are large, long-necked aquatic birds with short legs and webbed feet. They
belong to the family Anatidae, along with the duck and goose. Swans are most closely
related to geese, both groups differing from ducks anatomically and in the absence of
bright or metallic colors in their plumage.
Noted for their graceful movements in the water, they have been the subject of many
poems, fairy tales, legends, and musical compositions.
Swans usually pair for life, but mating habits depend on the individual swan and
species. For example, whooper swans that were observed in a scientific study did not pair
for life and found other mates. Males will usually not find another mate after their mate’s
death, while females will continue to breed after the loss of a mate.
"Swans have long been renowned as symbols of lifelong fidelity and devotion," said
Raoul. “But our recent work has shown that infidelity is rife among black swans.’’
They discovered that one out of six young cygnets raised by a pair of swans was
illegitimate; a high rate for a species honoured for their apparent monogamy.
"Swans have long been renowned as symbols of lifelong fidelity and devotion," said
Raoul. “But our recent work has shown that infidelity is rife among black swans.’’
They discovered that one out of six young cygnets raised by a pair of swans was
illegitimate; a high rate for a species honoured for their apparent monogamy.
Dominance hierarchies and agonistic activities are important features of sociality
for many animals. Dominant individuals or groups can gain greater access to scarce or
valuable resources, such as food, preferred feeding or resting sites, safe refuges, and
mates, than can subordinates.
Dominance relations and hierarchies ultimately serve to reduce the intensity and
frequency of aggressive interactions, thereby providing group stability and
optimizing time available for other activities.
Dominance hierarchies not only benefit dominant individuals, but also may benefit
subordinates by reducing time spent interacting with others, thus reducing risk of injury
and increasing time available for other important activities.
WHOOPER SWAN cygnus cygnus
The Whooper Swan has a more angular head shape and a more variable bill pattern that
always shows more yellow than black (Bewick's Swans have more black than yellow).
Their breeding habitat is wetland , and their cygnets stay with them all winter; they are
sometimes joined by offspring from previous years.
SWAN (words)
Dance
Space
Elegance
Calm
Trust
Love
Infidelity
Illegitimate
Alone
Pressurized
Girls treated differently
Rape
SWAN(theme)
The swan is looking for the ideal love & passion that can make him free from the
boundaries of self , instead finds himself trapped in a compromise of unfulfilled
sexuality, unfulfilled love & a loss of boundaries where he finds himself forced to do all
he does not want.
This compromise is out of duty & care for the children.
They long for love & hence infidelity & guilt are the conflicts that result .
Instead of the freedom & pure love which would give him an unbounded flight to new
& powerful heights . He finds himself sucked powerlessly down into the dirty world of
exploitation of the purity of love & sex ,world of rape, paedophilia & brutality.
From this he yearns for the flight of escape.
Dance is their expression of the freedom ,detachment & lightness.
BLACK SWAN (cygnus atratus)
Black Swans' flattened bills are red and white with fine grooves that help grip the
underwater plants. Their legs and webbed feet are black. They do not dive for food. Most
species of swans will not allow another swan into their territory during nesting season.
Black Swans are the exception and will often build their nests in colonies.
Once the female lays 4 to 8 pale green eggs, both parents incubate the eggs for about 35
- 40 days, with the female doing most of the nest-sitting while the male does most of the
defending and chasing off of enemies.Cygnets may ride on their parent's back for
longer trips into deeper water. This family unit stays together for about nine months.
MUTE SWAN cygnus olor
The Mute Swan is one of the heaviest flying birds, with males (known as "cobs")
averaging at about 12kg (27 lbs.), and females (known as "pens") more than 9 kg (20
lbs.).
Its size, orange-reddish bill and white plumage make this swan almost unmistakable.
The most similar species is Whooper Swan.
Behaviour:
Mute Swans nest on large mounds that they build in shallow water in the middle or at
the edge of a lake. These monogamous birds reuse the same nest each year, restoring or
rebuilding it as needed. Male and female swans share the care of the nest, and once the
cygnets are fledged it is not uncommon to see whole families looking for food.

Although this bird can be tame, especially to those who feed it daily, it is aggressive in
defence of its nest, and its size and impressive hissing make it a formidable adversary
for animals as large as a fox.There have been many reports of Mute Swans attacking
people who enter their territory. Their wings are believed to be so strong that they can
break a person's arm with one hit, although the evidence for this is weak.
The Mute Swan is less vocal than the noisy Whooper and Bewick’s Swans.The phrase
swan song refers to this swan and to the famous ancient legend that it is utterly silent
until the last moment of its life, and then sings one achingly beautiful song just
before dying; in reality, the Mute Swan is not completely silent.
Unlike Black Swans, Mute Swans are strongly territorial. The familiar pose with neck
curved back and wings half raised, known as busking, is a threat display.
DUCK (Etymology)
The word duck (from Anglo-Saxon dūce), meaning the bird, came from the verb "to
duck" (from Anglo-Saxon supposed *dūcan) meaning "to bend down low as if to get
under something", because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by
upending (compare the Dutch word duiken = "to dive").

Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds.
Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than their relatives the swans and geese,
and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.

The males (drakes) of northern species often have extravagant plumage, but that is
moulted in summer to give a more female-like appearance, the "eclipse" plumage. Many
species of ducks are temporarily flightless while moulting; they seek out protected habitat
with good food supplies during this period.
DUCKS (trivia)
In many areas, wild ducks of various species (including ducks farmed and released into
the wild) are hunted for food or sport, by shooting. From this came the expression "a
sitting duck", which means "an easy target".
In 2002, psychologist Richard Wiseman at the University of Hertfordshire (UK)
finished a year-long LaughLab experiment, concluding that, of the animals in the world,
the duck is the type that attracts most humor and silliness; he said "If you're going to
tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck."
"Quacks like a duck"
The expression "quacks like a duck" is sometimes a short form for "It looks like a duck,
it quacks like a duck, it swims like a duck, so it's a duck.", used as proverbial to counter
abstruse arguments that something is not what it appears to be.
DUCK (theme)
It is trapped by it’s EGO & desire to maintain its HIGH POSITION .
ARROGANCE , always been ahead , got attention , appreciation , has class .
The fear is of FALLING into muck & dirt by an attack to CHARACTER .
So to maintain this position they feel TRAPPED & BOUND into doing things which they
really don’t want to .
Bird’s Eye View
The different remedies within bird family express one aspect of their common conflict
as their core theme .
For eg:
The Crow expresses the conflict of being forced to choose an urban environment .
The Macaw expresses the way the bird’s need for a flock helplessly traps them
into a bond with the human who cages them .
The Pigeon expresses the common conflict of domesticated or trained birds for
human sport as a rebellion against the control .
The Falcon rails angrily at its own weakness or instinct that allows it to be
controlled .
Birds are long hailed as symbols of fidelity .The conflict of this is expressed prominently
in swan cases .
The Eagle expresses the desire to detach ,fly away from, rise above the human made
world which traps them .
Birds are in a flock to enhance their survival - they are forced to look after & care for
each other .
The Buteo expresses the conflict of freedom on one hand and, duty & guilt on the other