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[mackincaid]

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This is Aymara. Her eyes say murder but her tiny cheepcheeps... probably also say murder, actually. She always makes this cute tiny sound when I go to take her out of her mews, and then later when I put her back and give her food, she starts seriously screaming to tell me to stay away from her mice. I def prefer the tiny cheeps. 😁 She has so much personality and is so fun to handle, though, even when she's mad at me. 😚 #swainsonshawk #hawkwatch #hawkwatchinternational #hawksofinstagram #hawk #buteoswainsoni #birdsofinstagram #instabird #birdstagram #hawkwatching #birdsofprey #birdvideo #birdcall

[mackincaid]

I hope Galileo learns to adjust to a lot of human presence and cell phones because basically everyone in the state is going to want his picture. He wins all the photogenic awards. (He's currently perched on top of a freezer glowering angrily at me, but unfortunately for him his most super angry posture is also very round? And poofy? With tiny sticking up "ears"? And super cute? So I'm not real intimidated. Sorry buddy but you're doing great! I'll pretend to be scared you keep doing you!) #shortearedowl #owlsofinstagram #owlstagram #birdsofinstagram #birdsofprey #educationbird #hawkwatchinternational

[kcbernstein]

We are headed to Bonnie Butte tomorrow to check out the raptor migration ... 1-2" of snow forecasted for this area today with a warmup and full sun tomorrow. Looks like more than 2" and it's still coming down. Getting here was only snowy in the last mile, but now fingers crossed for tomorrow. #bestwesternmthoodinn #bonniebutte #hawkwatchinternational #yikesnochains (at Government Camp, Oregon)

[mackincaid]

This bird is so beautiful I cannot even. #peregrinefalcon #falcons #birdsofprey #falcoperegrinus #fastestanimalonearth #raptorconservation #raptoreducation #educationbird #hawkwatchinternational

[mackincaid]

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Her name is Goose. For obvious reasons. :D #peregrinefalcon #falcon #falcoperegrinus #raptorconservation #educationbird #hawkwatchinternational

[mackincaid]

We had a work day at the bird house today and did a lot of chores around the place, so we ended up finding a few grasshoppers in the yard. We tried to feed one to Aymara... she's a Swainson's hawk and one of the common names people know them by is actually "grasshopper hawk," on account of all the insects they eat, so we figured she'd enjoy the treat. She did not. She mostly looked at us like we were crazy and did not appreciate the gesture at all. See if you can spot the grasshopper in this picture and you'll see how rusty her grasshopper hunting skills are. :D #swainsonshawk #raptors #birdsofprey #buteoswainsoni #buteo #hawkwatchinternational #educationbird