Quote Originally Posted by FredFogg View Post
Bill, with any new bird, I whistle every time they reach down and take a bite. Eventually, I back off and only whistle once in a while. When I can whistle and they immediately look down to the glove to see what is there...
I spent most of the summer doing this with my goshawk to establish a C/R. I was having difficulty being in close proximity to him to work and establish the groundwork of O/C. It was easy to sit and let him eat while clicking my tongue for each bite from 10-15 feet away. Gradually his "personal bubble" shrunk with the interaction. You could see his brain working as he started to figure out the games and such.