3 ms·
When I was a kid my family raised three young kestrels (small birds of prey that look like a hawk) who had lost their mother. They had an outdoor enclosure and
by rurp 8y ago
When I was a kid my family raised three young kestrels (small birds of prey that look like a hawk) who had lost their mother. They had an outdoor enclosure and we did not handle them much, but they understandably got attached.
Once we released them, they stayed in the area and would often swoop out of the sky and land on my head. It gave visiting neighbors and friends quite a surprise! We gradually saw less of the birds as they ventured farther out and eventually they moved on completely.
- grimgrin 8y agowhat'd it feel like to have the bird land on your head? were you wearing a hat?
- abecedarius 8y agoThe time a small bird landed on my shoulder, I thought someone had tapped my shoulder until I started turning around and it flapped off.
- rurp 8y agoI didn't wear a hat and could feel their talons gripping/pulling my hair. It was only slightly uncomfortable, they seemed pretty concious of not causing any harm. I did have the sense that it would really suck if they did clamp down hard.
- gerbilly 8y agoWe have wild chickadees and nuthatches which eat out of our hands in our backyard.