Jonathan Wood

Here I am with a baby Barn Owl.Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Jane’s friends Jonathan and Susan Wood and their daughter Rachel. Jonathan is a falconer, rehabilitator, conservationist, and educator. You can read about his Raptor Project here. He travels around the country with his raptors to educate the public about raptors and conservation. He recently did a commercial with Regis and Kelly for TD Bank. 

Among his raptors are a Golden Eagle, Barn Owls, American Kestrel, Harris’s Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Barred Owl, a Spectacled Owl, and an Eastern Screech Owl.

This is the baby Harris’s HawkJonathan was in Exton, PA yesterday to help Jane promote her books at Barnes and Noble. I was not able to make the show but Jane and I met with Jon’s family for lunch. As if it was not interesting enough to meet Jonathan, I met some of his birds too. I held a baby Barn owl and a baby Harris’s Hawk. At first, I was scared to hold them because they look so fragile; I thought I would break them. Once I held them, I was glad that I did. I sat down in the grass and held them each on my lap. The baby barn owl was biting my belt loops on my shorts; it was too cute.

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