Red Tails have the potential to be a good starter bird but its highly recommended that you attend a course which can teach you how to deal with all the aspects of manning and training an RT although id recommend at least reading a good book before making any decisions about your first B.O.P. for you id recommend Hawking and Falconry for beginners by Adrian Hallgarth as this book details training RT's and HH's and explains how the training process and to a lesser degree psychology differs for each bird it also features plenty of photo's of equipment and species. Also try going on the falconry f