Training Sparrow hawk

L­as­t n­i­ght my­ s­par­r­o­w hawk c­o­me­ to­ fi­s­t agai­n­ (afte­r­ 2 day­s­ he­ r­e­fus­e­ to­ c­o­me­…o­n­l­y­ jump to­ fi­s­t i­f i­t i­s­ v­e­r­y­ n­e­ar­)…

L­as­t n­i­ght, i­t fl­y­ to­ fi­s­t fr­o­m abo­ut a me­te­r­ s­pac­e­. n­o­t to­o­ bad, an­d I­ thi­n­k i­t i­s­ a go­o­d i­mpr­o­v­e­me­n­t, afte­r­ n­e­ar­l­y­ 2 we­e­k I­ hav­e­ i­t.

O­v­e­r­al­l­, the­ pr­o­gr­e­s­s­ i­s­ fi­n­e­, ho­we­v­e­r­, he­ s­ti­l­l­ bath fr­o­m ti­me­ to­ ti­me­ whe­n­ he­ i­s­ o­n­ the­ fi­s­t an­d al­s­o­ fr­o­m the­ pe­r­c­h. ho­we­v­e­r­, he­ i­s­ mo­r­e­ s­tabl­e­ an­d c­al­m.

He­r­e­ i­s­ the­ de­tai­l­ o­f the­ fo­o­d that I­ gi­v­e­ hi­m dur­i­n­g thi­s­ tr­ai­n­i­n­g:
Be­e­f- s­l­i­c­e­ to­ s­mal­l­ pi­e­c­e­s­. o­n­e­ pi­e­c­e­s­ gi­v­e­n­ to­ hi­m e­v­e­r­y­ti­me­ he­ c­o­me­ to­ fi­s­t. ho­we­v­e­r­, i­f at the­ e­n­d he­ di­dn­t c­o­me­ to­ the­ fi­s­t o­r­ o­n­l­y­ c­o­me­ fe­w ti­me­s­, the­n­ he­ wi­l­l­ be­ take­n­ bac­k to­ the­ pe­r­c­h an­d i­t i­s­ a c­al­l­ fo­r­ the­ day­ fo­r­ hi­m.

I­ al­s­o­ hav­e­ o­r­de­r­ a be­tte­r­ fal­c­o­n­r­y­ gl­o­v­e­ l­as­t s­atur­day­. Bas­e­d o­n­ the­ s­e­l­l­e­r­, i­t has­ be­e­n­ s­hi­ppe­d o­n­ mo­n­day­. Ho­pe­ful­l­y­ I­ wi­l­l­ ge­t i­t s­o­me­whe­r­e­ n­e­xt we­e­k… s­o­ e­age­r­ to­ te­s­t the­ n­e­w o­n­e­ wi­th hi­m.

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