So this was a good day 
I was very early today because I have to pick up some papers for my bank account. It was kinda important so I can transfer money again 
Normally I start a workingday around 10 o'clock, but today I started it at 9.30-9.45 :'
Well It isn't that much early, but oke..
I started by reading the map. I wasn't there for four days so I already guessed I missed a lot 
And yes, I missed dietinformatian, information about their performance but also about the new falcon 
Ofcourse I saw the message on the Friends of Falconcrest Facebook of her arrival, but it's also nice to read about the way she is and how to handle her and stuff. There wasn't much information about is, except for her beauty, because she is really calm and easy going so no special way of treating her 
That's great! I was looking forward to meet her and hold her later this day because I have to prepare te food first.
After an hour or someting like that, I finished preparing the food and I went in for a snack myself. Afterwarts I walked by the birds to say "Hello!" and ofcourse, training Wotan our young Ferruginous Hawk First I went to see Kiran because he missed me a lot! He jumped onto my arm and was so hyperactive he almost forget to breath and fell of my arm 
But hey, he is not that stupid When I wanted to say "Hi!" to the other birds, He didn't want me to go.. He became so angry because I was leaving already, it made me melt 
I called him very enthousiastic a few times and he turned from angry into hyperactive Tawny Owl real quick and everything was oke again 
The rest of the morning and afternoon I helped Frans packing his gloves. There were a lot of them, so it took a while before I finished it all. It was around 15.30 and I really wanted to fly some birds before I go home because I missed them! I flew Skay, Ninja, Caitlynn, Yoshi, Kiran, Kayley, Elmo, Odin & Yulia 
Ninja & Skay did awesome! Caitlynn wasn't to eager to fly so I took her in early. That was really strange because the day before she was really spirited and Frans couldn't turn his back or she was already there... So I have to face something what I tried to ignore for a few weeks now... I have to face that right now, Caitlynn doesn't want to be flown by me. Normal we ignore that and just fly them untill this behaviour goes away, but that didn't do the trick with her 
Tomorrow I will ask is a colleague of mine will fly her and is she reacts good on her, I have to make the decision to give her away in the arms of my wonderfull colleagues. Everytime one of them flies her, she does really well. When Frans flies her, she is really spirited. This behaviour is part of her imprint behaviour. Sometimes a bird of prey will really hang on to one person and in the beginning that person was me with Cait. But the bird can also turn away from you even though it really trusted you in the beginnen. You have a few options when this happens in my eyes:
- Give her away (for good) - NO FACKING WAY!!
- Put her away for a while (not flying or attention) - There is no room for that so that's a no go..
- Bring her back home (she reacts good at me then) - No can do.. I don't have a backyard so...
- Just let her sit on the place she is now - Nope... When se sits there, she is able to fly.. So let's keep it that way
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Give her away (temporarily) to your colleagues - The only option if you ask me. It's not fun for me, but it isn't about me, it's about my bird
So.. I'm going to try if it's oke to fly her only once a week but if that make things only worse then they already are...
I love her and care so much for her! I want the best for her and if that is not flying with me temporarily so this will go away.. I will do that!
And now the Owls!!!!
Kayley & Kiran the Tawny Owls did great! They flew great distances and I didn't have to call more dan twice
Yulia & Elmo the Snowy Owls dis super! They also flew great distances and they both learned how to fly to the eagletree Yulia landed on it instead of underneath it And Elmo showed that he also has someting of his big sister Roos in him! When he sat on the pole and needed to go the eagltree, he already started to fly when I was halfway to it with the food! It was so great!
And Yoshi th Barn Owl did awesome! he flew a really really big distance: from the high tree tot the eagletree After that he decided it was time to annoi the Bald Eagles. He flew on their cages, making himself really big and sissing, clappering with his beak and doing that strange tonguemovement Barn Owls do The Bald Eagles where afraid... Really, that is no joke! So Yoshi & I had the time of our lives 
After that I sat down with the new falcon to feed her on my hand. I filled in the map and talked to Frans about the birds. He decided to call the new falcon (who is by the way a Lanner Falcon) Laika A beautiful name for a beautiful bird!
When I put Laika away, I saw a lot of feathers near Wotan... So after some research, I found out it was from a pidgeon. He grapped a pidgeon There were a bunch of feathers there but Wotan was really hungry and he didn't have a full crop so i decided to give a little more. This time a whole chicklet and that was a good move! He sat on my hand for 3-4 seconds to eat before jumping of
So that's about it for today See you again soon!
