Wednesday, January 8, 2014: Cloudy, rainy. Early morning I saw two raptors. A red shouldered hawk, and a peregrine falcon. Then I saw a frigate bird, a large gull type bird with a forked tail. The prior day I saw two peregrine falcons. The smaller one sitting on the hurricane shutter. Then a larger one (likely a female) flew up and they both called and flew south to the next island. It started raining and threatened rain all day so, I brought out two hawks in their training boxes, ready for any deterrent flights around the pool and beach area. I flew them several times briefly. Then rains started later in the day, so I took them in for the evening.
On Wednesday there was a visit from Florida Fish and Wildlife. The officer asked about the activities I was doing with the hawks, That day I had only two birds out, due to the threatening rains. He said that a resident had called about the abatement activities. I mentioned that my permits were cleared when I was out in the spring and mentioned the officer's name. He was satisfied with that and I was able to continue and get the two Harris hawks out for flights that day.
This is posted today due to not having internet access yesterday.
On Wednesday there was a visit from Florida Fish and Wildlife. The officer asked about the activities I was doing with the hawks, That day I had only two birds out, due to the threatening rains. He said that a resident had called about the abatement activities. I mentioned that my permits were cleared when I was out in the spring and mentioned the officer's name. He was satisfied with that and I was able to continue and get the two Harris hawks out for flights that day.
This is posted today due to not having internet access yesterday.
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