donttread (10-19-2020),US Conservative (10-18-2020)
donttread (10-19-2020),John Galt (10-18-2020),Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
Raptors are awesome.
Last place I lived (6 acres adjoining a nature preserve) my landlord had a raptor rehab facility.
He specialized in ravens and hawks.
I got to feed them from being newborns, every few hours.
As they got older they got squirrels and rabbit.
A guy came out to teach the hawks how to catch game, and it worked.
Its called falconry and I'd watch a hawk leave his arm swoop down and grab a squirrel, and land on the 3rd story porch to eat it.
John Galt (10-18-2020),Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
countryboy (10-18-2020)
Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021)
US Conservative (10-18-2020)
I had a buddy too who rehabbed raptors. You need a license around here. They're fascinating. I've seen shows on raising very young orphaned eagles. They use a glove that looks like an eagle, so that the birds don't get imprinted to be fed by humans.
They claim it's necessary in order to be able to turn them loose in the wild.
I've seen falconry shows in person where a guy calls to a bird that we didn't even know was sitting way up in a tree. After 9/11, it was common to end the Anthem with an eagle flying in from the upper level of the stadium before a baseball game.
Sybil Ludington (02-01-2021),US Conservative (10-18-2020)