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After living within 25 miles of the Hawk Conservancy at Andover for the past 12 years, I finally got around to visiting What is it about us never visiting things on our doorstep?
If, like me, you'd love to see birds of prey in their natural habitat but don't have the patience to camp out for days in the wilderness for a glimpse of a bird in the distance, then a trip to the Hawk Conservancy is for you, albeit with some the birds having various radio trackers and tags attached to their feet. The flying displays are the best I've seen, with very little apparent demand on the birds to perform - they do what they want to do, as seen by the Grey Owl which did one flight and then just sat watching the vultures in a neighbouring aviary.
Anyway enough of the waffle, on with the snaps. I wasn't sure if these were more appropriate to be within the zoo section of the forum, but given that they are all birds and some are wild I'll post them here. I am not sure on the identification on some of them.
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(3) Tawny Owl (I think?)
(4) Male Kestrel
(5) Heron
(6) Vulture
If, like me, you'd love to see birds of prey in their natural habitat but don't have the patience to camp out for days in the wilderness for a glimpse of a bird in the distance, then a trip to the Hawk Conservancy is for you, albeit with some the birds having various radio trackers and tags attached to their feet. The flying displays are the best I've seen, with very little apparent demand on the birds to perform - they do what they want to do, as seen by the Grey Owl which did one flight and then just sat watching the vultures in a neighbouring aviary.
Anyway enough of the waffle, on with the snaps. I wasn't sure if these were more appropriate to be within the zoo section of the forum, but given that they are all birds and some are wild I'll post them here. I am not sure on the identification on some of them.
(1)
(2)
(3) Tawny Owl (I think?)
(4) Male Kestrel
(5) Heron
(6) Vulture