Can someone please tell me this was a pair that was trying to do the death spiral that mating birds of prey do, and somehow in the process they ended up stuck on a road sign.
Because if it is, this is definitely one of the funniest “Okay, maybe we WERE a little bit over our head when we started this…” moments.
I doubt it. One of these birds is a juvenile (the top) while the other is an adult (bottom). The juvenile would have no interest in mating.
Honestly when I see hawks doing stupid stuff 9/10 times its a harris hawk—this seriously just looks like one of those stupid hawks time. They are one of the only social raptors, so this leads to some funny things, like
Stacking
The harris hawk argument for stacking is “your back is less Pokey than a cactus so imma use it”
Not even falconers are safe…
They even hold hands
Please, what are you doing harris hawks, learn how to hawk
yeah if it was literally any other bird I would be worried but the Harris’s Hawk is just Like That.
they’re social goofballs who hunt cooperatively in family groups and they’re basically just airborne wolves.
i only just learned they exist and already i Love them
if i’n not mistaken, both birds in the OP have leads affixed to their ankles, so these are (semi?) trained in falconry or as ambassador animals, which, if nothing else, would give their humans more opportunity to photograph whatever shenanigans they were doing…?
I think you’re right. Either leads or one lead and one very dangly tracker.
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