These pics are of a huge event that had hundreds in attendance – the Birds of Prey exhibition! I am so sorry to say that I can’t remember the names of all the birds, as I was trying to catch good pictures from the back row while he was talking about them all. There were hawks and buzzards and vultures and owls, and they were very impressive indeed.
I wont share all the pics I took… that would be a lot. I’ll try to give a good representation of each bird though.
Ok I just loaded them all up and there are 57 pics. I could have broken them down into individual bird posts, but that would just be…. too many posts. So here they are, all the birds of prey in one gigantic gallery!!
(Click the first – or any – picture to get into the gallery and see them bigger.)
(Nota Bene:Â if you are using a laptop or have a small PC screen,
you may find it beneficial,
once you are in the gallery,
to click on the link above the photo,
which will scale the photo to your screen size.)
(And yes, I know it would be quicker and easier and less clicky-clicky if I had a slide show,
but really…
don’t you agree that my photos are worth taking your time,
sipping a cup of tea,
and pondering at your leisure?
I mean, who wants to hurry through such prize winning artistry, anyway? ;-))
(I am working out the kinks in a new slide show plug-in though,
so please bear with me… web site design is not my forte!)
(Oh and also, you might not have noticed this,
but you can comment on individual photos as well as on blog posts,
so please, comment away!)

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Pauline Holston
24 Mar 2011Interesting birds! Would like to know more about them….looks like some of them are “trained”…eh?
nettie
24 Mar 2011Yes they were all trained to some extent. They get treats for obedience, coming when called, jumping up on the perch or down to the ground, hanging upside down, even hooting on command. Very well behaved birds, except for the owl that refused to hoot and kept making a “baby screech” – which caused the audience of kids to laugh. 😀