Our Cooper's Hawk

[Pleater]

My back garden is about the size of two handkerchieves, but just this afternoon I noticed the robin and some great-tits were in the apple trees. The thrushes and blackbirds are collecting nest materials, the wood pigeons have been around. I hear owls and foxes at night, and one fox took shelter under the trampoline for a while.

Last autumn the goldfinches were in the gardens along with other seedeaters, and all those buzy pecking holes in the apples, so despite its size it gets a lot of avian visitors to collect what there is on offer.

Sometimes there is a grey squirrel on the fence, but I go out and scare it off whenever I can.

Is it my imagination or weren't hawks carried on the right hand in 12/13th Century England - particularly when flown from horseback - as the left hand was used to hold the reins.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

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Is it my imagination or weren't hawks carried on the right hand in 12/13th Century England - particularly when flown from horseback - as the left hand was used to hold the reins.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

While I was not there, most old paintings I have seen show the bird on the left glove. Manipilating the jesses and handling the bird requires a fair bit of dexterity and most find it easier to use their dominate hand to do so while the bird sits on the off hand.

Joe