This afternoon, while practicing his parkour, my son, Gray Hawk ( now 16), climbed to the roof of a building. While he was sitting there on the precipice taking in the view, a Redtail Hawk landed (within a foot) next to him. They sat there together for a few minutes until my son turned and looked into the hawks eyes. Only then did he take off.
Gray Hawk was four weeks old the first he went hunting with a Redtail Hawk. How today's bird recognized him is a great mystery.
Ray Audette
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