Thursday, May 29, 2014

Riegersburg - Greifvogelschau pt. 1

We had a couple minutes before the falconry show started to look at the birds in the aviary.




There were information signs about the species, habitat, and details about the individual birds by each cage.





Rabe / raven


 I stand by my position that Snowy Owls are inherently derpy.

Schnee-Eule / snowy owl







Europäischer Uhu / European eagle-owl


I don't recall what this is.




 Truthahngeier / turkey vulture






Steinadler / golden eagle


Weißkopfseeadler (white-head-sea-eagle) / bald eagle






There was an amphitheater built for the falconry show.  There's a pool of water in the middle, I'm curious if they ever do demonstrations that show off the eagles' fishing abilities.  There were no fish in it today.


The weather was perfect.  It was a little hot in the sun, but it could have been worse.



Each side of the amphitheater had poles for the birds to perch on.


Part 2: Action photos!

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