Less fun with Harris's Hawks

Farrah came in this morning at a nice scale weight. 814 grams. However it was warm and sunny, and we had an hour of nothing and then a few minutes of lackluster pursuits  at the end. 

BB put on weight from yesterday morning. Obviously caught a small creature while tethered out in the big enclosure yesterday afternoon. I took him to the nearby elementary school for creance flying in the the early pm. The place was abandoned until I flew BB about twice to the fist. Then a class showed up. Oh well..... 

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