Sunday 23 April 2017

Eagles...

We took a trip to the National Bird of Prey centre yesterday, as a birthday outing.  We went about three or four years ago, and I was glad I looked it up because we found it has moved to the grounds of Russborough House, and is much nearer than it used to be.

Here are some of the eagles - most of them are hybrids (Lanner, Saker, Gyrfalcon crossbreeds) apart from the peregrine, and the one we were able to hold is a Harris Hawk. We weren't able to stay long enough to watch them being flown in the afternoon, but have a complimentary ticket to go back and see them another afternoon. We'll definitely do that - not least because we also didn't have time to go into the various studio workshops.















I'll be back later in the week with some owls...

1 comment:

Lorraine said...

How awesome that you got to get so up close with them. And to hold one! The coloration on that Harrison Hawk is so pretty. And the feather patterns on the others I love to see. Nice way to celebrate your day!