We picked up a beautiful passage hawk 12 days ago. A falconer and his wife who live south of us had trapped her and put out an alert in the falconry community to see if anyone was looking for a Red-tailed Hawk. My husband was! He had been trapping all month (with help...
So, this is how it went: 6:30 a.m. husband and brother meet up to go trapping 10:47 a.m. txt message received: 1220 gram-ish 1:39 p.m. txt message received: boy 4:56 p.m. arrive home with a Redtail hawk What that means (I had to call to get the juicy details), is that...
Well, it’s the “night before,” once again. No luck last week, but there are high hopes for catching a hawk this weekend. Preparations are again being made – the trap, the bait, the location and where to meet up. Further details to come! If...
After a long weekend spent roaming the countryside, the adventuresome crew caught a kestrel, which my husband’s sponsor will take home and “man,” which means, “To acclimate a bird to your presence. A bird is said to be “well manned”...
It’s the night before. My husband is preparing for an early start tomorrow (5:45 Saturday a.m.) as finally, after months of studying to pass the exam, the building of the mews, inspections and paperwork, it’s that time…to trap a hawk. I made some...
