But its fleeting fame on the East coast was not necessarily a good thing, said nature lover Mike Warner.<\/p>\n
“To get it to ground, for that amazing photograph, some of the photographers were going to pet shops and buying insects to put on the ground for the falcon,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This was immoral and wrong \u2013 the bird needed to scavenge for itself and look for food and figure things out for itself and return to where it should be.<\/p>\n
“Some photos on social media were of the bird with a cricket that is rare in this country and is commonly used for food in the pet industry.”<\/p>\n
Photographer Read said he, too, had been made aware of some people feeding it “pet shop crickets or some kind of insects”.<\/p>\n
He added that he “completely” agreed with Warner and stressed it was “absolutely essential” the young falcon figured out how to hunt for itself.<\/p>\n
“Those insects will not contain the correct nutrition for a wild bird, although it’s closer to its natural food, it’s still come from an unnatural source,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Given an easy option, lots of birds adapt their behaviour, but feeding a wild bird or animal and making it habituated to take food off people isn’t a good thing to do.<\/p>\n
“The welfare of an animal should always come first – a photograph shouldn’t ever be prioritised over the welfare of a wild animal.”<\/p>\n
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