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He was laying down right at the zoo entrance.
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A Harris's Hawk was part of a demonstration of Raptors. They were well trained birds!
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This turkey vulture swooped around, then foraged for a treat in the pile of leaves.
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A keeper talks about this spectacled owl.
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This barn owl flew around silently. Only Chuck could hear it fly.
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The little saw-whet owl poses for a picture.
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A trainer demonstrated falconry techniques. The trainer works hard with a gyrfalcon, who pants for breath after the training session.
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Kevin gets an up-close view of the gyrfalcon.
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A pair of nesting bald eagles.
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Kevin watches an emu. What a hairy bird!
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A Gull, perhaps a Western Gull.
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A juvenile great blue heron.
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This bird did an amazing dance and fluffed its
long feathers up at the zoo keeper.
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The Seattle Audubon Society welcomed us to a demonstration of bird banding and a guided walk through the woods to listen and
look for sparrows, towhees, and other birds. It was very interesting and fun.
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Trained volunteers measured and recorded different characteristics of the sparrows, towhees and juncos that they captured, then released.
We were there for their first bandings after six months of patiently trying!
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There are small birds in those bags!
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There was more to hear than to see in the woods.
Many of the area birds live high above the ground.
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We did spot some cormorants near the lake.
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