he/SHE, was not in hynosis. When in a difficult situation; the hawk will stay very still until it sees an oportunity for it to do something.
it's ankles were bound up, so it's most important weapons were out of order. If Danielson would have reached toward it's face, there might have been a beak bite.
just like when the hawk was in the net, it didn't know what to do, so it was frozen on the side of the pen for a long while. I think an older hawk would have been testing the pen much more to get out.
Similar to watching a Juvinile learning to fly and they land on the tip of a limb that is too weak, the hawk will sometimes sag down and get inverted by suprize -hang upside down; it scares itself and sometimes doesn't know what to do, so it will hang there in the uncomfortable state for quite a while sometimes trying to figure out what to do.
As for keeping a dead bird of prey, I believe that is a big no no, unless you are a licensed falconer. Even if you find a dead hawk, owl or eagle laying on the ground, you can not keep it or any part of it.
Migratory Bird Treaty Act made it illegal to kill native birds of prey in 1918. If you are in possession of bird-of-prey parts, they don't know if you killed it or not.
Violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act can result in penalties of up to $5,000 and/or six months in prison.
But I think this might be more now, especially for certain species. I watched a thing about Golden Eagles the other week and one of the released Eagles was hurt with bird shot. They put out a reward for $10,000 for info that would lead to an arrest, even though the Eagle lived.
One day, when my life isn't so busy, I'd like to continue my studying and get my falconry license.
you know you can't even keep any regular native bird in captivity without a special wildlife license. Even a crow or something that can be hunted or shot as a nuisance animal. This crow came and went as she pleased and was never in a cage.
