Paws to explore! : July 2014

Sunday, July 27, 2014

This is a before and after of a turkey leg eaten by the vultures.

Aren’t they good at their job!

Before

After

After a long day at work on the computer and selecting my lunch to be

prepared, it's time for a well-deserved nap!

This is one of my many awesome co-workers.

When it's hot, many of them like a spritz of water!

Have you been to the nature center and seen our female Red Tailed Hawk?

Almost all of our birds were hit by cars and the Red Tailed Hawk is no exception. These

pictures show what happened to her.

That's wildlife rehabilitator Lynne McCoy who helped rescue her.

The Red Tailed Hawk has a permanent shoulder injury and is partially flighted.

She would never be able to hunt well

enough to feed herself, so she lives with us as an animal ambassador educating our visitors and school children about her species and their

importance to planet earth and its eco-systems.

This is another one of my co-workers, Broad Winged Hawk!

This litter of 5 Red Wolf pups were born in 2007 at the nature center. We

had another litter in 2011.

This year we had a pseudo pregnancy. With some

luck and love, we'll have another litter next year! The pups are so

beautiful and such a delight to watch grow and change!

When it’s hot, we mist the animals.

You can see how much Great Horned Owl loves it!

The peanut butter fairy strikes again!

This is our American Kestrel. She is an amputee and we have been trying out new prostheses for her stump.

So far, this one works the best – a modified finger splint!