


Gobble Gobble!
Hey Ya'll! I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready to celebrate with friends and family for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas season. I'm hardly ever over here any more because our FaceBook charity page is SO MUCH easier to update and we are able to...

Birds of Prey – Barred owls in the hacking process 061916
First off, a shout out to Hal Coleman http://www.halcoleman.com for walking me through how to embed video here on WordPress. It's been a coon's age since I've done this. I used to be able to embed video, but something changed and I couldn't figure it out. Anyways,...

Re-nesting Instructions for young raptors 51616
Re-nesting Instructions for young raptors Re-nesting young raptors is very easy. The basic idea is to get them off the ground for a few more days until they 'ripen' a bit more. This helps prevent predation overnight of the vulnerable youngsters. If the baby is...

WSB-TV People 2 People Clip
WSB-TV on Hawk Talk Shout out to Chris Farley for doing a good job on our clip. Please consider cross posting so maybe we can get some Mouse Money donated? Thank you! The link below will let you view the coverage by WSB-TV. It will open in a separate tab. ...

Red-tailed Hawk
Hi Kids! Time to talk about this red-tailed hawk. I hope everyone is surviving what's left of winter. February just drags along for me and it seems like the green of spring will take forever. Today was pretty nice so I worked on one of the handicapped chambers. The...

Back in the day…way back.
Steve and I have been divorced 25 years and he still donates to the charity...hush money so he doesn't have to live with me any longer. It's hard to be neat and live my lifestyle. That, and he's a genuinely nice guy. Two years ago, I awoke to a text from him that...

Hacking Orphaned Hawks and Owls
Hacking orphaned hawks and owls Hacking is an old falconry technique that is literally, thousands of years old. Hacking orphaned hawks and owls (AKA soft release) is also how we re-introduced the Golden Eagle back to the Cumberland Plateau in northwest Georgia, the...

Great Horned Owl – Monteen McCord introduces Frances
Great Horned Owl - Monteen McCord introduces Frances Frances, the great horned owl, found herself on the wrong end of a six foot tall pole trap one day while perusing the free range menu of a cock fighter. In her desperate attempt to free herself, she broke off the...