Drove out to the country to see the Snowy Owl at an event today since they are not very common here.
Something else caught my eye though and I kept telling myself that it couldn’t be what it looked like. But it was!
It must have not been advertised cuz most people wouldn’t know what it was, but it was an Australian Boobook named Fable!
So when I saw they were letting people hold him for a donation, in couldn’t say no!
More pics to come, they had a lot of great birds I didn’t rxpect. I’ll try to get the photos for tomorrow, but this was exciting so I shared it now before I head back home.
Ahaha I spoke too early, saw your other post of the snowy later.
But still, happy to read it was worth it! First time seeing it in person, right? Such a cool opportunity
Yup, it turned out to be a first for a number of birds. They put away the Eurasian Eagle Owl right when I got there, but I got to see them a couple times before, though this guy was particularly pretty. They also had 2 falcons I’ll share at some point that I had never heard of. I also learned hawks and eagles and a few other birds also make pellets, which I had no idea they did. They had some cool pellets on display with some really big bones in them.
The whole event turned out to be a total surprise for me, and I can’t believe what all they had, that it was free, and that it was $10 to hold the owl. When I held the Screech, that was around $100 ea, though we did have a private owl talk and got to hold it for a lot longer.