Can characters ride birds of prey-pathfinder

[elanfanboy]

Making a cavaliet character, but i was wondering if there were any availanle options for a size small character to ride some kind of large bird of prey, like the great eagles of misty mountain from lord of the rings?

[Forrestfire]

Get an exotic saddle, and ride them normally. You can use the Ride skill to ride any given creature, but you'll take a –5 penalty on your Ride checks for riding "a creature that is ill suited as a mount."

The bird's carrying capacity may be an issue, though.

[ExLibrisMortis]

Giant falcon. 258 lb light load. 4000 gp for young falcon + training.

Giant raven. 58 lb light load. No information on buying or rearing.

[elanfanboy]

Thanks for helping.

[Psyren]

Order of the Beast lets you shapeshift your standard cavalier mount into any Large animal, which will get you lots of flying forms. At higher levels, you can even turn it into a dragon.