On May 1st, a local bird store near me was hosting a day of events in celebration of International Migratory Bird Day! In addition to local artisan's, live music, food and such, HawkQuest was there with some bird's of prey to see up close! First was this beautiful Great Horned Owl. It had been hit by a car and is unable to survive in the wild due to a defective wing. Beautiful, huh? I know for a fact there is a nest near my house with some newly hatched owlettes and one of these evening I will get around to photographing them!Next up is this Peregrine Falcon! We learned all sorts of interesting facts about this bird including the fact that when in a dive, it's the fastest animal on earth! They are truly built for speed!
There were a few other hawks in the room with this Bald Eagle but the photographs were not great because I didn't want to use my flash. I accidentally had it on for this one photo and it's the only one that turned out. This adorable eagle has been with HawkQuest for 11 years ever since it fell out of the nest and was rescued, barely surviving.
Finally, there was a charity Dove Race! A portion of the proceeds went to the Jason Dahl Foundation. We sponsored 2 birds and when they opened the cages, the doves raced back to their lofts in a nearby suburb with the winning dove (or his sponsor that is) won a $200 pair of binoculars! These are the 100 doves waiting to be released...
Here's a little video of the release of the Doves! Unfortunately neither of the two doves we sponsored made it back home first and we didn't win :( At least our donation went to a good cause and it was fun to watch!
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