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In my last check-in meeting with my raptor training mentor, we discussed strategies to overcome yet another hurdle I've encountered with...

Haley Selen

Aug 16, 20221 min read

I was sitting on the cold floor of the exam room with my cat, Calypso, curled up against my leg. Her veterinarian was seated across from...

Haley Selen

Aug 9, 20222 min read

Can your dog tell when you're sad? Does your cat know when you're angry? Animals are very sensitive to our mood changes and respond...

Haley Selen

Aug 3, 20221 min read

One of the first rules in raptor handling is that the bird wants to be at the highest point of the the perch. In the case of education or...

Haley Selen

Jul 27, 20221 min read

Several years ago a young black bear came sniffing around our house in early spring. It walked across the driveway and turned toward the...

Haley Selen

Jul 19, 20222 min read

Can you tell if a hawk is nervous or relaxed? See how well you can read hawk body language with this video of Carson in the pollinator...

Haley Selen

Jul 13, 20221 min read

It is 2020 at the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. As racecars speed around the track, a white vehicle overshoots a corner, smashes into a...

Haley Selen

Jun 29, 20222 min read

Even though I'm a bird trainer, I follow trainers of all sorts on social media because the same principles apply across species. I...

Haley Selen

Jun 22, 20222 min read

A meal for our raptors begins the day before it is ready to be served. Mice and rats are ordered frozen, so we need to pull the prey...

Haley Selen

Jun 15, 20221 min read

"Scuba looks like an axolotl but without gills." "I know a lot about axolotls." "Are axolotls larval salamanders?" These are just a few...

Haley Selen

Jun 8, 20221 min read