I had a rare opportunity to interact with a Harris Hawk at a shoot for work at the Phoenix Zoo on Wednesday.I was handed a glove and then the zoo worker who I was interviewing slipped chopped up mouse. yum. I believe I had a head and the middle portion of the mouse, with the fur still on, of course. :) I was more squeamish about this than the bird flying right toward my arm.
He wasn't that heavy. I'm told he only weighed around 1.5 pounds. He made a few passes between my arm and some pedistals a short way away. Of course, each time I had to put new mice bits in my hand to get him to come back. (like chopped off heads and such!?!)
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