I finally got to work with the birds a few weeks ago. It's really fun. The hard part is learning the habits enough to make it easy on me and the birds to get their equipment on.
At first, i was working with an owl named Owliver but switched to another owl named JR.
Owliver was easy to get down at first, but because she is worked with so much by new people she got to the point where she just wouldn't step to glove easy anymore.
So, I switched over to JR.
He likes to play games. You have to chase him down (not actually chase per say, but close enough) to get his jesses on first then grab those to make him step to get his swivel on then his leash. All the while he's biting at your had to get you to flinch away from getting the jesses on in the first place.
Let me tell you, when a big barred owl is biting at your hand with that beak, you're gonna flinch!
We were fine once i got him outta his mew (the cages we put the birds into.)
More to update on Monday!
