Coming out of Hibernation…

It’s been a while since I last posted. I have to admit that the long winters get to me and with the day job and working on our new site – I was pretty tired. Now that our new site is almost live (announcement coming soon!), I can start posting regularly on here.

To ease back into the swing of things, I thought I would post some pictures from a presentation last month. I have a few more pictures to post from the last few months and then we’ll be up to date :)

Copper Harbor has an annual Migratory Bird Festival in May. We were unable to participate in all of the activities, and the weather was not that cooperative, but we were able to catch a wonderful presentation on raptors by the Raptor Education Group (REGI) based in Wisconsin.

What would a presentation be without some special guests?!

First up is a peregrine falcon. We learned that these birds are built for speed and they actually use their feet to “knock out” their prey (versus just grabbing them with their talons). This picture does not do this bird justice. It is amazing close-up – so sleek and colorful.

According to the REGI presenter, the saw whet owl is the big star of their presentations. Or, should I say “little” star. The audience couldn’t help but go “awe…” when this little guy came out.

We also saw a rough-legged hawk and a barred owl, but we forgot to bring in our camera and missed a photo opportunity with the hawk (the first bird shown) and the barred owl looked away from me each time I tried to snap a pic. I think he/she was a little camera shy.

Thanks to everyone who made the festival possible. The presentation was a wonderful experience!

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