Carson the Red-tailed Hawk may have given me the cold shoulder during our training session, but she found the hot spot in her mew.
Carson has yet to forgive me for the apparently-traumatic experience of getting her beak trimmed last week. Though it can be a stressful experience, beak care is important for her health and cannot be avoided. It just means that we need to spend some time building trust again, one rat tidbit at a time.
She retreated under the protection of her hutch during our training session. But when I checked on her later, she sat in the beam of warm sunlight streaming through the mew's skylight. She spread her wings as if to imitate a Turkey Vulture or cormorant sunning themselves.
I tried to explain that we could bask in the backyard if she would come outside with me. I raised the glove to her feet and, after a pause, she hopped away again. Carson made it clear that she was quite content to enjoy the sun in the comfort of her own mew.
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