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He didn't seem especially impressed by freedom. Where's those snacks?? #falconry #hawk #redtailedhawk #bird

Oh hey! Forgot about this account! Whoops Anyhow, continuing where I left off... Our first free flight had to happen without my sponsor, which was a lil nerve wracking, but it went swimmingly. We even had a surprise visit by a dog & some hikers and Nugget was not especially bothered. #falconry #hawk

Stunning!!

It took a lot of convincing to get him to *land* on the snow as well. And even then, he didn't want to put his feet down. lol

Beautiful!

Probably! Nugget was a small little lad who usually chose to flee instead of fight in his bird encounters. Never had one with any land predators thankfully.

Adventures in extreme bird watching.

Next I needed to convince him to fly over the snow, which took a lot of doing. We were probably out there for 30 minutes before I could get this sort of response. But he finally decided he was more hungry than freaked out.

He spent a lot of time staring at the snow banks, like they might get him if he wasn't careful. Thankfully they kept a respectful distance away. The sun came out and he spent some time sunning with his wings open. 🌞 ❄️ #falconry #bird #hawk #snow

Mother. How could you leave your small man in the big white like this?? #falconry #bird #raptor #hawk

Nugget's training ended up taking longer than expected, so I brought him with me to finish it in the great white north when I went home for the holidays. First I had to get him accustomed to the snow. He was very dubious. He'd seen it, but not on the ground like this.

Haha this looks ominous. Like that Lil guy has a prank lined up for Mom and she has no idea yet.

There is a semi permeable sun shade on my weathering area, so I bring my birds in during heavy rain, cold rain & other dangerous weather, but if it's light rain, I tend to let them stay out in it. Their feathers helps them stay warm & dry, they just look bedraggled on the outside lol

Uhoh!! Rain! Rain is actually good for loosening up the outer layers of beak and nail, which allows them to scrape them off & sharpen them. It's not unheard of for birds to choose to be in the rain. Captive birds tend to get overlong beaks & it may be because they spend more time inside.

Their brows are bone and can't move like a human's. They're great for protection though. Lots of birds have eyelashes, though I don't think they all do. Pigeons for example don't appear to. But ostriches and emus have very long ones!

The face of someone who knows he's pretty. #falconry #bird #nature #hawk #raptor

The mouse guts belongs on the glove, not your face. 🦅

From a distance it looks a little like a pigeon chick?

Friend shaped! #falconry #hawk #raptor #bird #nature

Yeah, I just released one of my birds yesterday. Looking forward to the fall and seeing how my remaining female does. Excited to get through my backlog to share their adventures!