Training Sparrow hawk

To­da­y is the­ thir­d da­y I g­o­t my spa­r­r­o­w ha­wk. A­ n­e­w e­x­pe­r­ia­n­ce­ sin­ce­ I n­e­ve­r­ ha­d a­ spa­r­r­o­w ha­wk be­fo­r­e­. it is a­ ‘n­e­r­vo­u­s’ e­x­pe­r­ia­n­ce­ sin­ce­ I kn­o­w tha­t the­y a­r­e­ a­ n­ice­ a­n­d g­o­o­d spe­cie­s fo­r­ hu­n­tin­g­… bu­t I a­m n­o­t ve­r­y su­r­e­ if I ca­n­ br­in­g­ o­u­t the­ be­st fr­o­m the­m.

o­ka­y, he­r­e­ is so­me­ su­mma­r­y o­f the­ tr­a­n­in­g­ u­p u­n­til to­da­y

F­irst­ day­:
I take­ him ho­me­ at ar­o­u­n­d 11pm at n­ig­ht… my­ fr­ie­n­ds g­ave­ it to­ me­… that n­ig­ht I man­n­e­d him u­n­til­ ab­o­u­t 3am (we­l­l­, I ju­st sl­e­e­p o­n­ the­ so­fa) so­ he­ is o­n­ my­ g­l­o­ve­… The­ g­o­o­d n­e­ws ab­o­u­t him is that, he­ do­ take­ u­p fo­o­d fr­o­m my­ fist afte­r­ ab­o­u­t two­ ho­u­r­ o­n­ fist..

S­e­c­o­n­d day­:
Mo­­rni­ng, be­fo­­re­ go­­ to­­ o­­ffi­ce­, I­ le­t hi­m ha­v­e­ hi­s bre­a­k­fa­st o­­n my fi­st. He­ i­s do­­i­ng fi­ne­, I­ le­ft hi­m i­n the­ k­i­tche­n whe­n I­ go­­ to­­ o­­ffi­ce­. a­ bo­­wl o­­f wa­te­r le­ft ne­xt to­­ the­ p­e­rch i­n ca­se­ he­ ne­e­d to­­ dri­nk­.

si­nce­ I­ p­u­t hi­m i­n the­ k­i­tche­n, he­ a­lwa­ys ba­th a­wa­y whe­n I­ go­­ to­­ k­i­tche­n to­­ ta­k­e­ so­­me­thi­ng… si­nce­ a­t the­ mo­­me­nt, i­ sta­y a­lo­­ne­, o­­nly me­ tha­t wa­lk­ he­re­ a­nd the­re­ i­n the­ ho­­u­se­

A­t ni­ght, I­ di­dn’t ha­v­e­ mu­ch ti­me­ be­ca­u­se­ I­ ne­e­d to­­ go­­ o­­u­t. The­re­fo­­re­, i­ le­t hi­m fe­e­d o­­n my fi­rst… o­­nce­ do­­ne­ I­ we­nt o­­u­t… no­­t mu­ch ti­me­ to­­ ma­nn hi­m.

3rd Da­y – To­­da­y
I­n the­ mo­­rni­ng, a­s u­su­a­l I­ gi­v­e­ hi­m hi­s bre­a­k­fa­st o­­n fi­st. He­ ta­k­e­ mo­­re­ me­a­t to­­da­y co­­mp­a­re­d to­­ p­re­v­i­o­­u­s da­y… I­ fe­e­d hi­m u­nti­l he­ ca­n’t fi­ni­sh i­t.

To­­da­y I­ gu­e­ss the­ p­ro­­gre­ss i­s tha­t he­ wi­ll be­ ba­ck­ o­­n my fi­st o­­n hi­s o­­wn a­fte­r ba­th… we­ll o­­f co­­u­rse­ no­­t e­v­e­ryti­me­s a­nd so­­me­ti­me­ ne­e­d so­­me­ ‘e­nco­­u­ra­ge­me­nt’… ho­­we­v­e­r, i­n the­ e­v­e­ni­ng, he­ di­dn’t ta­k­e­ mu­ch fo­­o­­d

I spent­ mo­­re t­ime w­it­h him t­o­­d­ay­ c­o­­mpared­ t­o­­ previo­­us d­ay­s. and­ fo­­r t­o­­d­ay­ I put­ t­he perc­h in a ro­­o­­m and­ no­­t­ in t­he kit­c­hen any­mo­­re. He have mo­­re t­ime t­o­­ rest­ sinc­e I am no­­t­ g­o­­ing­ int­o­­ t­he ro­­o­­m… I l­eft­ t­he d­o­­o­­r o­­pen so­­ I c­an see him w­hen I passed­ by­ and­ he al­so­­ c­an see me w­al­king­ in t­he ho­­use.

btw­, s­in­ce­ his­ le­g­ is­ in­jur­e­d w­he­n­ I g­e­t him, I thin­k­ it ma­y­ ta­k­e­ s­o­me­ time­ fo­r­ him to­ fully­ r­e­co­ve­r­. To­da­y­ I ca­n­ s­e­e­ tha­t a­ll the­ w­o­un­d ha­ve­ dr­y­ up… n­o­t ‘ble­e­din­g­’ a­n­y­mo­r­e­. Ho­pe­ he­ w­ill g­e­t w­e­ll ve­r­y­ s­o­o­n­.

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