Say Hello to John's New Bird

Meet Reia (pronounced Raya),
John's 14-year-old Peregrine Falcon.

Yes, she is a female.
John just can't escape the x chromosomes.

Reia is the Greek Mother of the Gods, and Goddess of fertility and motherhood. Since Reia was originally part of a breeding education program up near Seattle, we thought the name was very fitting.

The poor gal had to be shipped via airplane, so she was a little ruffled up when she arrived.

John was like a little boy impatient for Christmas to arrive while waiting for his bird. He has wanted to do falconry and own specifically a peregrine falcon since he was a young boy. The falconry association recently changed the rules allowing him to have one, so of course the instant the rule changes were in place, he was on the internet making arrangements for this gal to join us.


The bird will be a little different from John's other birds. Since she has spent most of her life in captivity doing her breeding thing, she cannot be released into the wild, so she will be with us for awhile (that is if we can keep her from flying off - hehe). Peregrines live for about 20 to 30 years, so she could be around for some time.

She even has that glare we women are so good at.