Cleo, a red-tailed hawk, is introduced to her waiting public Saturday morning by Hannah Bauman, interpretive ranger at Paris Landing State Park. Cleo has been recuperating at the park’s aviary since flying into a power line about a year-and-a-half ago. Cleo helped Bauman with a presentation on the history of falconry — the medieval practice of hunting with birds of prey. The park is a licensed rehabilitation center for wounded birds of prey, and accepts donations of cash and even fresh roadkill to keep up the animal’s care and feeding. In addition to Cleo and another red-tailed hawk, the park is currently home to recovering birds including barred owls, great horned owls and a kestrel.
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