Meet Fawkes…
He is not a phoenix, nor does he belong to Albus Dumbledore, but he is a red-tailed hawk that has captured the hearts of the boys in our family.
Young red-tailed hawks have a high mortality rate and only about 20% survive their first year of life. Our friend, Scott, along with a mentor, captured Fawkes when he was young and are helping him learn to survive in the wild.
The boys have very much enjoyed the opportunity to see this gorgeous hawk up close and personal and it's actually inspired Adam to want to adopt his own hawk someday. Ellie, however, despite loving birds too, hasn't even wanted to meet him yet because she is still processing the fact that Fawkes mainly eats cute little bunny rabbits for his meals!
Speaking of bunny rabbits...did you hear the story about the rabbit who went on a trip?
He went by hareplane!
Young red-tailed hawks have a high mortality rate and only about 20% survive their first year of life. Our friend, Scott, along with a mentor, captured Fawkes when he was young and are helping him learn to survive in the wild.
He has invited Adam and Glen along for two of their hunting trips and a couple weeks ago Spencer got to come as well.
The boys have very much enjoyed the opportunity to see this gorgeous hawk up close and personal and it's actually inspired Adam to want to adopt his own hawk someday. Ellie, however, despite loving birds too, hasn't even wanted to meet him yet because she is still processing the fact that Fawkes mainly eats cute little bunny rabbits for his meals!
He went by hareplane!
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