Hey all, my name is Billy and I've just become an apprentice falconer on Jan 15th I became official. I've always been fascinated by raptors!
I run a small Nature Center and was looking to get into having un-releasable raptors as educational ambassadors. Then I met my mentor and sponsor! He introduced me to falconry and actually had one of his barbary falcons fly to my gloved fist! Well as you can imagine I'm hooked at that point!
I'm still looking at things from a mainly educational view, however now that I have my own bird Ekko a female Red-Shoulder Hawk I'm soooooo looking forward to the hunt!!!
Been here a couple of days and seems like a great group here! I'm looking forward to learning a whole lot!!