I’ve always loved flashlights. Yes FLASHLIGHTS with an A!!! Anyway, apparently not many people share my rather niche interest.

So I ask you, fellow Lemmites, what are your hobbies and weird obsessions that you can ramble on about for hours?

Please feel free to ramble on about your passions here. Maybe you’ll find some likeminded individuals!

  • Clay_pidginEnglish
    91·
    11 months ago

    Who owns the birds? Are you tired of eating rabbit? It’s a really cool hobby!

    • IMongoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      11 months ago

      Technically the US government owns the birds, but two of these are mine and one is my wife’s who is also a licensed falconer. We purchased them from licensed breeders. They are from, left to right, Nevada, Washington, Louisiana. They were shipped to us on an airplane and we picked them up at the airport.

      Most of the rabbit goes back into feeding them over the summer when they are molting their feathers. I do make 2-3 rabbit dishes a year though. Last year I made sausage which was pretty good.

      • Clay_pidginEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Does the government own ALL raptors, or are yours part of something like an airport bird removal project?

        • IMongoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          Idk if own is the correct term but the US regulates most native birds through the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Falconry has a special exclusion from that act. But it’s along the same lines as just because a deer is in your yard it doesn’t mean you own that deer. You need permission from the government to take it.