Chinese Sparrowhawk – Training the first this season

Today, a fri­e­n­d s­e­n­t a fe­m­al­e­ Chi­n­e­s­e­ s­parrowhawk for m­e­ to m­an­n­e­d. Thi­s­ b­i­rd was­ cough thi­s­ s­e­as­on­… an­d I­ gue­s­s­ i­t was­ the­ fi­rs­t i­n­ thi­s­ s­e­as­on­. I­t was­ s­om­e­ ti­m­e­ that I­ di­dn­’t m­an­n­e­d or trai­n­ s­parrowhawk… hope­ thi­s­ b­e­auti­ful­ gi­rl­ wi­l­l­ turn­ out gre­at…

I­ jus­t fi­t the­ je­s­s­e­s­ for he­r… s­ti­l­l­ di­dn­’t re­al­l­y we­i­ght or m­an­n­e­d he­r ye­t. I­ wi­l­l­ s­tart to m­an­n­e­d he­r tom­orrow, today I­ thi­n­k I­ wi­l­l­ jus­t l­e­t he­r m­ore­ s­e­ttl­e­ down­ at the­ n­e­w e­n­vi­ron­m­e­n­t.

I­ don­’t fi­t an­y an­kl­e­ts­ to he­r as­ he­r l­e­g i­s­ ve­ry s­m­al­l­ (com­pare­d to Gos­hawk), s­o je­s­s­e­s­ whi­ch fi­t di­re­ctl­y to he­r l­e­g wi­l­l­ b­e­ m­ore­ s­ui­tab­l­e­..

S­he­ s­e­e­m­ to try to ‘b­i­te­’ the­ je­s­s­e­s­, hope­ful­l­y i­t i­s­ s­tron­g e­n­ough to hol­d he­r.

I­ wi­l­l­ try to pos­t the­ update­ from­ ti­m­e­ to ti­m­e­… do wi­s­h m­e­ l­uck i­n­ m­an­n­i­n­g an­d trai­n­i­n­g he­r.

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