It did sink a talon in his left thumb...he was very cool and controlled as he extricated himself. Lots of folks would have panicked when the talons locked down. I think his DT's are understandable...that beak could have done some great harm. His knife seemed very sharp, too.
M and I did the same sort of process, rescuing a screech owl from deep entanglement in bird netting we had on frames over our blueberry bushes...twice in 3 days!
I held the little bastard while M used tiny nail scissors to cut the plastic mesh free; he/she punished me several times with talon and beak, even though I wore blue palm gloves. Lot of power in those raptor tools of capture.
C'mon Dave, you should know optimist, motivational-speak like that. Wouldn't fit his role of "trying to inspire" if he actually spoke the truth (as there sure are more w/bad ones around this swamp I live in). Just saying....
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