birds of prey

This thread is dedicated to the "Château des Milandes" falconry centre. 2 White-faced Scops Owls hatched there a couple of weeks ago. ici Périgord on Instagram: "VIDÉO - Kromignon - Deux bébés hiboux sont nés au @chateaudesmilandes en Dordogne. . Depuis la fin du mois de janvier, les salariés...

1 Griffon Vulture hatched a few days ago in this bird park. World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre on Instagram: " Check out this little cutie! We had our biannual vet visit today and the youngest member of the team our 12 day old Eurasian Griffon Vulture chick got his/her first ever health...

Condors are arguably my favorite birds of prey, and the Andean Condor is no exception because they’re the national symbol of Peru, which is the country of origin of where I’m from.

Tripsdrill Wildlife visited on 20.04.2023

This thread is about wild and zoo animals which voluntarily enter, stay or return to their exhibits. To show by examples, that animals do not understand nor desire 'freedom', but are strong materialists, going whenever there is food and safety. A striking example is from Stuttgart zoo, because...

The mews used by the zoo's birds of prey.

Hi all! Today I took a trip to a lesser-known facility but one that I'm a huge fan of and have visited a handful of times. This facility is a beautiful campus full of maintained forest and fields that provide a home for native species of reptiles, insects, birds, mammals, and everything else...

How do you like bird flight shows in zoos? I liked one at Villars-les-Dombes, France. First, there was no presenter. The birds came off stage, flew or fed on the open air and flew away. This blew up the whole concept of 'captive animals'. Then perhaps 40 species from many diverse groups were...

Three bird of prey aviaries at Northumberland Country Zoo. From left to right: barn own, tawny owl and American kestrel.

The zoo offers several viewpoints over a large valley, potentially offering glimpses of large birds of prey.

So I was coming home from lunch when I spotted a Hawk I believe to be a red tailed hawk since I saw the orange/red tail when it turn it's back. I rushed in the house to grab my camera and came back outside to start taking photos. This was the first time I witness a wild hawk eat this close to me.

Starting to look bad:(: New report: South Africa’s seabirds, raptors in serious decline

Raptor aviaries

A Steller's sea eagle has escaped from it's owners, whilst performing a display at the park. Eagle big enough to snatch a dog on the loose in Kent - Telegraph

The former boss of a leading bird sanctuary lied about running a rare breeding programme - so he could sell exotic species to the highest bidder, a court heard. Keith Beaven convinced zoos and animal sanctuaries in Britain and Europe to lend him rare and endangered birds of prey - which he then...

This theme park, SW of Nantes in western France is home to surely one of the most spectacular bird of prey shows in the world. I was reading back on a summer 2010 edition of the IZES newsletter, which featured a review of the bird show at the park. Highlights of the show include: White-faced...