Raptors!

While we were in Providence we took some time to go to the Children's Museum and we had the opportunity to see a raptor show. Aside from the fact that the museum was so crowded that day I don't think we'd have made it to safety had there been an emergency, the show itself was very good. This woman even had facts that E11 didn't know!

This one was my favorite...a female red tailed hawk. She was huge!

Here the lady red tail showing us her wings. We have a resident red tailed hawk. I always try to find him when I hear him call.

Aren't screech owls tiny? We have a few of these on our street too- near the woods, but apparently these guys can throw their sound and blend so well you rarely see them.

Barred Owl

So pretty...

Barn Owl- a farmer's best friend

The presenter has been taking care of injured raptors for 30 years and she had photography and artwork of her birds to share.

We'll be doing some work on owls/birds of prey when our new nature art kit arrives. More on those next post or so.

It took some doing to get J4 into the room after seeing something in the main area that freaked. him. out. Apparently, he does not like big faces of ANY sort. However, it was worth the effort!