oh wow very awesome

Thanks :) The good ol' years, eh? haha!

hehe them good old years are awesome

how do you even become into doing something like that? would be so cool!

I always loved birds growing up. I had a cockatiel, chickens, and quail, and I rescued sparrows and ducks and whatever else we found. Then when I was 11 my family went to England for a week on vacation and we visited the Cotswald Falconry Center and I bought a book about it. Really soon after that one of my mother's friends called us to tell us about a man she met who trains hawks and thought I would want to meet him. He agreed to train me and sponsor me cause you have to have a licensed falconer sign your paperwork in order to get a 2 year apprentice license before you get to practice on your own. It also involved a 200 point written exam with California Fish and Game (might be different in other states?) and I had to pay for a federal and state license after proving that I passed the exam and had a legal sponsor. It was all worth it, though. Best experience of my life, and it ended up being a really brilliant part of my college, graduate, and professional school applications.

wow amazing. never knew it went down like that, but wow that's neat. thanks for sharing :3

this is such a gorgeous picture, and oh my god what an amazing story! :) I love birds so much, my girlfriend and I squeal whenever we see the hawks around here.

She was an amazing bird. Right from the beginning we trusted each other so much. She would clean my fingers if I had quail bits stuck to them so delicately like I was her chick. And play with my hair. She tolerated me holding her and being close more than anyone else. she would get lazy some days and follow me around on the ground instead of flying, and if you've ever seen a hawk run on the ground you know how hilarious it is!

The outfit reminds me of old movies.

And you look YOUNG