Hooding your bird

[melissasparrots]

I use a bamboo skewer, works great

Thanks for the response. I was thinking a hemostat, but a skewer sounds quicker. I'm just trying to think of how you'd go about setting it up so that you aren't fishing around trying to skewer a tidbit and giving the bird time to demonstrate other behaviors. I suppose you set it up before getting the hawk out so that you already have a plate of tidbits hidden behind you. Possibly with several already skewered? Or a bunch already skewered hidden in your pocket?