Sunday afternoon we were putting our FIDs out in the aviary and getting ready to go and visit donnakris (a member here, only lives fifteen minutes from me) and I had Hannah and my wife had CJ (our CAG) I was holding the aviary door open for her to go through and it slammed shut behind her and thus it startled Hannah, it took me by surprise even though I sort of had a hold of her it wasn't good enough, she was gone!
she flew right out the back yard although she doesnt fly very fast, she headed out of the back porch and spotted the dog that of whom spotted her and he just loves to chase things that fly and destroy them(so that was scare #1) when she spotted him she found a whole lot of strength and gained altitude and made it out of the fenced part of the back yard. I got out there and hollered "Hannah!" and when I did she looked right at me and immediately started to turn and go around to the front yard but she was no longer going in an upward direction(she was getting wore out) I kept calling to her and she would look at me every time that of which was an awesome feeling to me knowing that she didn't really want to fly away and instead was trying to get back to me. she was only about ten feet off the ground and steadily coming downward when all of a sudden when she decided to look forward instead of watching me she realized that she was bearing down on my small shed in my front yard and only had enough time to get her landing gear out and forward facing in time to smack into the back of the shed (poor thing) she kept flapping her wings but just slid down the back of the shed and to the ground where she stood there panting and out of breath although she managed to get a few of those "come get me Daddy " squawks out......it was pathetic. I knew for sure that once I called her and I could see her immediately respond to me by looking right at me and trying to turn towards me, that she is starting to do well with recall training, I was initially scared that I was going to lose her when she took off but once I realized that she was just going to circle the house and was responding to my calls that fear totally left my mind. I now realize that I have GOT to get a flight built for her. My wife freaked out too and doesn't understand Hannah like I do and could not figure out why I was not that worried when it happened, but she doesn't know fully about how strong the bond between Hannah and I is. I am going to be a lot more careful from here on out and all I can say is now matter how nerve wracking the moment was, Inside I was really admiring Hannah in flight, what a beautiful creature, she just glides so pretty............LMB
02-03-2009, 12:40 AM
Scary Day with Hannah!!!!!!
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