@kittykat9180 I once had a red tail fly into my garage before we put an auto close on the door. I walked in to finish a woodworking project and it was using my chop saw as a perch. I wound up phoning a friend who used to work at a raptor rehabilitation in Eugene and we were able to finally get it safely out of my garage. They’re gorgeous but I wasn’t about to try and make friends with it. Their beaks and talons are no joke.
@kittykat9180@sillyheathen Hey, my daughter used to work at the Eugene raptor center. My wife and I accompanied her a couple of times when she released rehabilitated birds.
Now she is the head wrangler at a bird sanctuary/rehab in Bend, OR.
@kittykat9180@macromeh no way!!! The SunRiver Raptor place?!? We go there everytime we’re in that area. I wonder if she knows my friend. I think it’s been about ten years or so since she worked there. I’ll have to ask.
Such a beautiful bird!
We had a frequent flyer who came to our yard daily, he was much smaller but still had no problem helping himself to our free range to chickens.
@Lynnerizer he was quite captivating! He flew in while i was waking by. I stopped, pulled my phone out of my pocket and took his picture. When I started to walk again he startled so i stopped and spoke calmly to him and he settled back down. I really think he never saw me until I took his picture. He had come down from behind the tree.
@ybmuG
It’s amazing how wild animals interact and communicate with us. I think they have such perception, I bet he saw you the entire time and just pretended not to!
That’s a gorgeous creature! I once saw a hawk about that close up when it swooped into a flowering crabapple tree branch right in front of me. It had its dinner in its claws! A young magpie, I think. I posted a pic here a while back.
I saw a hawk up on a telephone pole a couple days ago. Seeing one this close would be awesome.
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
@kittykat9180 I once had a red tail fly into my garage before we put an auto close on the door. I walked in to finish a woodworking project and it was using my chop saw as a perch. I wound up phoning a friend who used to work at a raptor rehabilitation in Eugene and we were able to finally get it safely out of my garage. They’re gorgeous but I wasn’t about to try and make friends with it. Their beaks and talons are no joke.
@kittykat9180 @sillyheathen I read “it was using my chop saw” and thought WOW, you have some really advanced raptors in your area!
@kittykat9180 @ybmuG oh hell no. I would’ve put her to work if she’d been using the saw!
@kittykat9180 @sillyheathen Hey, my daughter used to work at the Eugene raptor center. My wife and I accompanied her a couple of times when she released rehabilitated birds.
Now she is the head wrangler at a bird sanctuary/rehab in Bend, OR.
@macromeh @sillyheathen that’s such a cool job!!
@kittykat9180 @macromeh no way!!! The SunRiver Raptor place?!? We go there everytime we’re in that area. I wonder if she knows my friend. I think it’s been about ten years or so since she worked there. I’ll have to ask.
Such a beautiful bird!
We had a frequent flyer who came to our yard daily, he was much smaller but still had no problem helping himself to our free range to chickens.
@Lynnerizer he was quite captivating! He flew in while i was waking by. I stopped, pulled my phone out of my pocket and took his picture. When I started to walk again he startled so i stopped and spoke calmly to him and he settled back down. I really think he never saw me until I took his picture. He had come down from behind the tree.
@ybmuG
It’s amazing how wild animals interact and communicate with us. I think they have such perception, I bet he saw you the entire time and just pretended not to!
Mr Hawk - Nah, I totally see you homie!
That’s a gorgeous creature! I once saw a hawk about that close up when it swooped into a flowering crabapple tree branch right in front of me. It had its dinner in its claws! A young magpie, I think. I posted a pic here a while back.