Jenn Salo took a call from the star of the show that led to a week-long stay this summer on the set in Alberta
THUNDER BAY — She had the time of her life on the set of a popular TV series this summer, but Jenn Salo couldn't talk about it until CBC broadcast an episode of Heartland earlier this month.
"Apparently we have a mutual friend, and she had asked if he knew anyone who did falconry from horseback, and I'm pretty much one of the only people who practise it, as far as I know, in Canada," Salo recalled Wednesday in an interview with Newswatch. Facing the challenge of finding birds already trained to work with horses, she called on longtime friend and fellow-falconer Laurel Gordon, who lives in southern Ontario.
"Off we went. Four hawks, two girls, and a wee baby Eurasian eagle-owl, all packed into a van and off to the most epic adventure of our lives'" she wrote in a social media post. It turned out a full week of training was needed, and there were hundreds of people on-site at any given time. "They had considered casting me, just because they figured it would be easier, since the birds were already familiar with me, but I respectfully declined. I'm quite happy to be behind the scenes."
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