Joan Marie

Okay, crazy question. Are you on reddit.com? If not, I have recently seen pictures of a bird that looks just like your RTH and thought you might be someone i kind of know.

wow lol, im in the same boat as you, I love watching these birds, but i just cant wait till i get my first one. I hope soon i could get my foot in the door and start shawdowing a felconer so he could teach me everything haha.

what kinda of bird do you have?

Joan Marie,

Thank you for your kind words. My apprenticeship has been filled with major ups and downs and a near disaster, but even with the state having "misplaced" my test, telling me I failed because i didn't have two sponsors listed, having to make up for 11 months (MAJOR paperwork SNAFU) despite being told it wouldn't be held against me (and even having it in writing didn't matter), I'm so glad to have had this experience.

There are other falconers who have told me I'm not a "real falconer" because I haven't flown a larger bird (all of my apprenticeship, I've flown only kestrels), I've been told I'd fail, and there was some inter-falconry rivalry that I unfortunately got caught in the middle of, but falconry isn't just learning about raptors. You get to learn all the neat social interactions of falconers as well. =)

I'm glad to help when I can, answer any questions if I'm able, or even help look up answers if I don't know it.

Sandie