Last Saturday, I went over to a fellow biologist's house, where we got to see his young northern goshawk. He recently obtained a license to practice falconry, so he collected this hawk as a chick from a local nest (don't worry, there were two other chicks in the nest.) When I first saw her a month ago, she was a large fluff ball with limp feet. Now she actually looks like a hawk!
Here she is attacking the practice lure.
I find her eye color fascinating. In a few more months, her eyes will turn yellow, and when she's full grown her eyes will be red.
Great pictures Steph!
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ReplyDeletewow, they have red eyes as adults? scary. Big Lebowski at the dump sounds like a blast.
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