Misty on Nostr: "That, Maverick, is what's a called a 'bird of prey'." It flew down behind the ...
"That, Maverick, is what's a called a 'bird of prey'."
It flew down behind the dumpsters onto the fence less than 10 feet from us and watched something we couldn't see. I'd never been that up close unless I was in an aviary or a zoo. When I turned to look at Maverick, it flew up into the tree, and then it flew to the top of a telephone pole.
I blocked Maverick from its path while we were there -- just in case.
Google says that this could be a falcon, kind of a rare one here in Texas that's been reintroduced the last 10 years. It has a distinct face, a distinct red body, and a striped tail. It was almost 2 feet tall. The other picture is what it most closely looked like as it was sitting on the fence, except it was much larger. At first I thought it was a red-tailed hawk.
I went to grab the footage off the body cam, but there was no video, only a crappy photo I snapped as it took off. I didn't have my cell phone with me. I usually take the phone with me.
One article I read said, basically, it's a pet. From other falconry articles I've read, some falcons are released into the wild after a certain age so they can learn to live on their own and survive.
This one was hungry and curious.
It flew down behind the dumpsters onto the fence less than 10 feet from us and watched something we couldn't see. I'd never been that up close unless I was in an aviary or a zoo. When I turned to look at Maverick, it flew up into the tree, and then it flew to the top of a telephone pole.
I blocked Maverick from its path while we were there -- just in case.
Google says that this could be a falcon, kind of a rare one here in Texas that's been reintroduced the last 10 years. It has a distinct face, a distinct red body, and a striped tail. It was almost 2 feet tall. The other picture is what it most closely looked like as it was sitting on the fence, except it was much larger. At first I thought it was a red-tailed hawk.
I went to grab the footage off the body cam, but there was no video, only a crappy photo I snapped as it took off. I didn't have my cell phone with me. I usually take the phone with me.
One article I read said, basically, it's a pet. From other falconry articles I've read, some falcons are released into the wild after a certain age so they can learn to live on their own and survive.
This one was hungry and curious.