Our second Friday Fieldtrip took us to the south side of Eugene to visit the Cascades Raptor Center. This is a wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center for injured birds of prey.
The center currently has around 30 "Ambassador" residents that Dale and I got to see. Each has their own enclosure/aviary with signage that gives the bird's name and the story of how it came to be a resident.
We missed the presentations the day we were there, but the center does a lot of teaching, especially with school kids.
Getting photos of the beautiful birds was a little tricky because my camera wanted to focus on the bars of the cage rather than the birds inside. Also, we were there in the middle of the day rather than in the early evening when the nocturnal birds are more animated.
We enjoyed our time immensely and hope to return when our granddaughters visit. Owls are our Annalee's favorite animal.
She'll feel right at home there.
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