Cornish Birds of Prey

On Tuesday temaris, lost_house, lost_house's M and seiyaharris went to the Cornish Bird of Prey Centre. So fabulous! We stayed for a couple of the displays and the birds are gorgeous. They're all rescue birds and some of their stories just break your heart, where they've rescued birds that were tied to perches for months on end or kept in boxes barely big enough to fit them.

The displays they do are amazing. It's one thing knowing that owls fly silently but it's another having one skim a centimetre past your head and not hear it. And birds apparently suffer from 'little dog syndrome'. They have one falcon, Sabre, who's about a third the size of the others but has at least twice the attitude ::grin::

I'd wanted to do one of the experience days they offer, but the only times they had left were next Friday onwards, which is when we're driving back. Next time, though.

( Pictures of various birds under cut )

And it's not just birds of prey the centre has. There's other animals, as well. Including rabbits which, to my surprise, have never been eaten during one of the displays ::grin::

( Other animals under cut )

Cornish Birds of Prey

On Tuesday temaris, lost_house, lost_house's M and seiyaharris went to the Cornish Bird of Prey Centre. So fabulous! We stayed for a couple of the displays and the birds are gorgeous. They're all rescue birds and some of their stories just break your heart, where they've rescued birds that were tied to perches for months on end or kept in boxes barely big enough to fit them.

The displays they do are amazing. It's one thing knowing that owls fly silently but it's another having one skim a centimetre past your head and not hear it. And birds apparently suffer from 'little dog syndrome'. They have one falcon, Sabre, who's about a third the size of the others but has at least twice the attitude ::grin::

I'd wanted to do one of the experience days they offer, but the only times they had left were next Friday onwards, which is when we're driving back. Next time, though.

( Pictures of various birds under cut )

And it's not just birds of prey the centre has. There's other animals, as well. Including rabbits which, to my surprise, have never been eaten during one of the displays ::grin::

( Other animals under cut )

Cornish Birds of Prey

On Tuesday temaris, lost_house, lost_house's M and seiyaharris went to the Cornish Bird of Prey Centre. So fabulous! We stayed for a couple of the displays and the birds are gorgeous. They're all rescue birds and some of their stories just break your heart, where they've rescued birds that were tied to perches for months on end or kept in boxes barely big enough to fit them.

The displays they do are amazing. It's one thing knowing that owls fly silently but it's another having one skim a centimetre past your head and not hear it. And birds apparently suffer from 'little dog syndrome'. They have one falcon, Sabre, who's about a third the size of the others but has at least twice the attitude ::grin::

I'd wanted to do one of the experience days they offer, but the only times they had left were next Friday onwards, which is when we're driving back. Next time, though.

( Pictures of various birds under cut )

And it's not just birds of prey the centre has. There's other animals, as well. Including rabbits which, to my surprise, have never been eaten during one of the displays ::grin::

( Other animals under cut )