ryelle
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Every Saturday I head over to the Owl Centre to do my volunatry work placement for college.
It has been snowing the past few days so I took my camera with me today because I didn't expect there would be too much for us to do.
The birds i get to work with are just beautiful, and some of them have the most amazing of personalities. It is hard to take good pictures because of the wire fronts on the aviary, but the guy I work with said I could go into the aviaries with my camera some time and get some good pics
To begin we have Merlin. He is a Common Raven and a rescue. He can say "Hello" like an old man, and it makes us jump sometimes when hes right behind us.
Cruella - Hornbill. Had a mate named Gilbert but she bullied him so he is on breeding loan in London to see if he gets on any better with their females. She can be nasty lol.
The Snowy Owls
Sox - the daddy. Very handsome bird
Momma and one of the babies (im not sure of their names). There is another baby in a different aviary that was handreared. He is whiter like Sox
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Stanley - he is fantastic. He runs across the floor and straight up the front of the aviary if you stand there. If you talk to him he puts his face up to the sky and makes really loud squarks. It scares the crap out of all the kids that visit but its funny. He is the demonstration bird but i haven't seen him fly yet.
Rosie - She is a little madam. She either likes you, or hates you. There is no inbetween.
Priscilla - She is beautiful. she is indoors in a heated aviary because of the cold and wet weather. she looks sad
Some of the other birds:
Barn Owls:
This little lady is very old and very blind. When we feed her, we have to wait till she comes over to the feeding hole in the mesh, and try and drop the food so it makes a thud on the floor so she can find it. It takes her a while but she finds it
Spectacled Owls:
They normally just sit at the back of the aviary and hiss at you but this guy sat at the front today and hissed at me
Tawny Frog Mouth Owls - very wierd
It has been snowing the past few days so I took my camera with me today because I didn't expect there would be too much for us to do.
The birds i get to work with are just beautiful, and some of them have the most amazing of personalities. It is hard to take good pictures because of the wire fronts on the aviary, but the guy I work with said I could go into the aviaries with my camera some time and get some good pics
To begin we have Merlin. He is a Common Raven and a rescue. He can say "Hello" like an old man, and it makes us jump sometimes when hes right behind us.
Cruella - Hornbill. Had a mate named Gilbert but she bullied him so he is on breeding loan in London to see if he gets on any better with their females. She can be nasty lol.
The Snowy Owls
Sox - the daddy. Very handsome bird
Momma and one of the babies (im not sure of their names). There is another baby in a different aviary that was handreared. He is whiter like Sox
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Stanley - he is fantastic. He runs across the floor and straight up the front of the aviary if you stand there. If you talk to him he puts his face up to the sky and makes really loud squarks. It scares the crap out of all the kids that visit but its funny. He is the demonstration bird but i haven't seen him fly yet.
Rosie - She is a little madam. She either likes you, or hates you. There is no inbetween.
Priscilla - She is beautiful. she is indoors in a heated aviary because of the cold and wet weather. she looks sad
Some of the other birds:
Barn Owls:
This little lady is very old and very blind. When we feed her, we have to wait till she comes over to the feeding hole in the mesh, and try and drop the food so it makes a thud on the floor so she can find it. It takes her a while but she finds it
Spectacled Owls:
They normally just sit at the back of the aviary and hiss at you but this guy sat at the front today and hissed at me
Tawny Frog Mouth Owls - very wierd
