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Post by Steve T on Aug 28, 2014 10:21:45 GMT
Anyone else visit the York Bird of Prey Centre? Its an excellent place very educational for the kids and the displays are brilliant. The snaps of a rescued Golden Eagle! who would have a Golden Eagle as a pet.  |
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Post by kingfisher on Aug 30, 2014 14:53:19 GMT
remember going to one in the cotswolds many years ago
and there was a flying display where the bird of pray was supposed to climb to a great hight
then swoop down on a piece of meat he had in his hand
but out of the trees came some wild ones and off it flew with them
really funny
saw a crow chasing a buzzard this morning
dicing with death i thought
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Post by Steve T on Aug 30, 2014 15:11:05 GMT
The owner was saying all the birds, that’s over 30 are free flown on a regular basis and they’ve never had one not comeback. The day we went they gave an aerial display with owls, Black Kite and a Peregrine Falcon, the Falcon disappeared into the distance but it was back within 10 minutes. The speaker was saying that they can regulate how far they fly by regulating their food and only flying them at the right weight.
It was our second visit and well be going back as they are always changing their talks and displays and we even got a family ticket and my youngest is 28 years old.
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Post by kingfisher on Aug 30, 2014 19:22:49 GMT
this one was at the cotswold wildlife park
we went back the next year on holls again
and i asked if he had got it back
he said no he had never seen it again
even tho it was fitted with a tracker
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Post by Steve T on Aug 30, 2014 20:38:57 GMT
I couldn’t believe someone had a Golden Eagle as a pet in their back garden, no wonder it needed rescuing.
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