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| Firedrake loved seeing the birds of prey--most birds are here for recovery and will be released back into the wild, while others can not be released. We also read some birds have been brought into the country illegally and can not be released into the wild. |
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| Firedrake loved seeing the birds of prey. |
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| There are several inside building with hands one exhibits for the kids to touch and explore. Seeing the full wing span of a bird |
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| even a few non flying creatures were found -- like snakes |
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| A chicken was inside one building and the kids loved feeding it some food from its container |
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| egg shelf to explore the different sizes of eggs from various birds |
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| Looking at an Eagles nest and hearing how big they can get |
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| This facility is completely supported by donation no state funding is provided. Here we could see some of the birds that were being cared for. Many would be released back into the wild |
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| We could not go inside but there were windows we could peek in to see the injured birds |
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| Many interesting signs explaining the features of the birds and explaining the difference |
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| There were many volunteers around showing different items of birds. Here we were comparing the wings of an owl and another bird |
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| these tiny feathers along the edge are why owls fly so soundlessly according to the volunteer |
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| looking and touching claws and learning that some birds can completely turn their back claw around to the front if needed to hold onto prey sort of acting like a thumb |
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| Homing pigeons |
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| Pelicans eating lunch |
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| Area for the younger kids to play with bird puppets |
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| We found another cake -- up to 50 cakes so far |
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| They had fruit bats |
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| spiders |
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| and talkative birds |
