Next I needed to convince him to fly over the snow, which took a lot of doing. We were probably out there for 30 minutes before I could get this sort of response. But he finally decided he was more hungry than freaked out.

He spent a lot of time staring at the snow banks, like they might get him if he wasn't careful. Thankfully they kept a respectful distance away.
The sun came out and he spent some time sunning with his wings open. 🌞 ❄️

#falconry #bird #hawk #snow

CW >> Dead rat
Nugget continued to have luke warm interest in the lure for a while. It slowed up our training & was sort of bewildering given the rabbit fur lure, which I was told often can make them too possessive of the lure even when the food is gone. I've seen that since, but not with him. Lol

Cw>> dead animal & blood

Fight for the spaghetti!
Nugget was not willing to tuck in right away. This was strange & he needed to make sure the spaghetti was worth it first.

There were a lot of things I didn't document with Nugget because I was learning them for the first time and focused on that. I'm glad I did get a creance flight! He was always very good at coming to the glove. The lure was another story...
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Cw>> mouse guts

Someone was a bit too enthusiastic when we moved on to eating off the glove. We switched to frozen mice after this to lengthen mealtime and cement that it was safe for him to put his head down around me.