Cornish Birds of Prey

[moonlettuce]

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.







































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::

The goats were very friendly, and very much "we love you! give us food!":
















Ninja!sheep. Seriously, he looks like he's about to leap up and attack at any moment:

Comments

[the4ts.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! You've got some truly brilliant shots there (and some very funny ones too). I honestly can't say which are my favourites, there are far too many fabulous ones!

Thanks for sharing these :)

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The birds were just fabulous :D

[xandutch.livejournal.com]

Very lovely pictures again. I love ninja!sheep!

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Ninja!sheep was especially ninja ;D

[littlestarling.livejournal.com]

Oh I love it! Gorgeous pictures of all the animals! I'm jealous that you got to see them all first hand. ;-)

Thanks for sharing these.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

They were absolutely fabulous :D I just wish that they'd had a spot for one of the experiences, because I would have been well up for paying to work with the birds :D

[beyondallreason.livejournal.com]

oh the birds of prey are so so so so beautiful

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

They really are :D

::smishes you::