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

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Eating Its Prey

Eurasian Wigeon Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Female bird with feral pigeon prey. UK. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.