>>2464622Just got my falconry license. I trapped a kestrel but my falconry sponsor accidentally misled me into thinking it was a juvenile when really it's an adult (virtually untrainable). I'm releasing it and getting a red-tailed hawk very soon, probably within a week or two. While kestrels are hard to distinguish the age of, juvenile red tails are unmistakable because they have stripey tails while adults have red tails so hopefully I won't make the same mistake again. Will post pics as soon as I've trapped it. A couple weeks of training thereafter and I ought to be regularly providing slips on bunnies, quail, and pheasant for death on wings. Pic related, ANGEREY haggard kestrel (very mad).
