Goshawk Weeks 2-4
 
 
Female European Goshawk

Born on the 28th of april

She has started to develop primaries and secondaries growing in their feather sheaths

5/18/06

20 days old

and overnight her back feathers have grown in, and her secondaries have emerged from their sheaths

5/19/06

21 days old

I take the young eyass everywhere I go with me, here she in my lab at the University of Washington

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5/19/06

21 days old

she has constant exposure to lots of people and dogs

5/20/06

22 days old

This will be very beneficial when she is older and accepts several dogs and people around her as a commonplace occurrence

5/20/06

22 days old

She can stand up and take a few wobbly footsteps at this point

5/20/06

22 days old

she can pull her food a little but still eats sitting down most of the time

5/20/06

22 days old

I take her every where with me to become exposed to many different sights, she likes to bathe in the sun for a while.

5/21/06

23 days old

she sits on her feet and shuffles around most of the time . . .

5/21/06

23 days old

 

... and can pull on a partially opened and cut up quail.

5/22/06

24 days old

 

You can see how her feathers have come in along her shoulder blades, armpits, tail and "fingers".

5/23/06

25 days old

 

Here she is all ready to go... you can seen the pictures I put on the outside of her box, to show people what she will look like as she gets older.

5/23/06

25 days old

 

Bird shipped off

to another falconer ...




 


 
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