Yesterday (Saturday) we finally got a chance to handle the birds for the first time! It was Claire and Katrina's first time actually handling captive raptors so it was a very exciting day! They started off working with Dylan the Eastern Screech Owl then, once they got comfortable with him, they moved up to handling Hunter the Barred Owl. We practiced the proper technique of how to place and secure them to a perch and then we practiced transferring a bird from one handler to another.
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Claire and Dylan
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Katrina and Dylan
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| Katrina with Hunter |
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| Transferring Hunter like a pro! |
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| Claire with Hunter |
After doing all that, Dr. Hart gave me the opportunity to try and feed Scotty, the resident mature Bald Eagle. However, I'm a stranger to him so he wasn't really feeling like taking any food that I offered him...no matter how hard I tried :(
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| Oh well, maybe next time! |
So after all that excitement, Dr. Hart gave us our next assignment - making new cuffs and jesses for all the birds for the summer season. An assignment that we decided to take to a very creative level! We already made the jesses and cuffs for Dylan - with his name imprinted on them :) Our plan is to make personalized jesses for each of the birds so I'll be sure to post pictures once the masterpieces are finished!
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