Picking a bird up off the lure (or for a hunting bird, it’s catch) is called making in. I don’t hunt with Molko as Eurasian kestrels aren’t traditional hunting birds and prefer to hunt the likes of mice. But I use a lure and different commands to encourage all natural hunting behaviours! | Molko the Kestrel

Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawk at his favorite hunting vantage point in a pine and oak forest in the first morning light of an autumn day