As badly behaved as a budgie...

[blueelephant]

We went to a bird of prey flying display today. This rather cute little American kestral decided it had had enough of flying around working for its treats, so it took a rest and landed on this guy's head 🤣. Made him look very like one of my badly behaved budgies!

He sat there for several minutes. The guy was a very good sport. The falconer said it was a first for one of his displays. 

[ariella]

How lovely.
My eldest volunteered at a falconry centre throughout his teens and became quite the falconer. It’s fun when the birds decide to do something a little different.

[jellybean]

Nice experience......Bit bigger claws though 😂

[criswell]

It's nice that the kestrel just decided to take a break. I guess it shows that they generally do like performing in shows since they won't do it if they don't feel like it. One of my friends has a picture with a baby owl on her head.