A baby falcon

These are photos I took of my friend Isabella's baby falcon. Well, it's not hers in the sense that she intends to raise it, but she did rescue him as a baby after he apparently fell off his nest, and is temporarily taking care of him (her? I didn't check). She is currently looking for an animal rescue society or individual capable of handling all the falcon's needs.

He was very sceptical of me, especially when I got close to him. Apparently, a lot of Tunisian young men raise and train these falcons to hunt. Beautiful:



Below are a couple of photos of him having lunch using his very sharp talons:





This will not make sense to you if you haven't seen Napoleon Dynamite, so ignore it if that's the case, but speaking of talons: