Monday 2 July 2012
We had a lovely
weekend, weather wise and customer wise, they were really nice and very
appreciative, which makes for a much easier and more fun demonstration. Last
week we seemed to have one good day for audiences and then one bad one where
they did not show any signs of enjoyment!! I am sure they did have a good time,
but it certainly was hard to tell!.
We have just had
a nice surprise, the Long-eared Owls have a chick!! It was very unexpected as
we had had infertile eggs for a couple of years, but this year they have done
it, and there is an approximately 10 day old Long-eared Owl baby with them.
Only one, but they have done a great job and it bodes well for next year, we
are delighted and it gives us a new species bred here as well.
The weather now
is rubbish, grey and raining, not good for Wimbledon sadly, and not good for us
either, I had hoped that July would bring better weather.
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| Eager as a young Long Eared Owl |
The two baby
Yellow-billed Kites are coming on, they are sitting on the fist and taking
food, the young Tawny Eagle female is starting to fly A frame to A frame with
more confidence, although she needs to come down a little in weight I think.
She is hooding now, she doesn’t like it much but is taking it fairly well.
Holly will start with the young Grey Buzzard Eagle soon, Chris has taken his
and it will be interesting to see how they do. We are still amazed that the
pair have gone down on eggs again having fully reared the first clutch.
The merlins are
doing well, and the second clutch due to hatch soon and we also have baby Snowy
Owls under mum right now.
Adam and I will
be starting on Charlie’s website in the next month, there is no hurry as the
Centre in Duncombe will not be open for at least three months I suspect. The
website will be a part of our new one to start with, and then we will see where
to go after a couple of years, when I suspect the new website will need an overhaul
anyway.
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| Dawn Run on Photo day |
I think my
washing machine is dying, it is not behaving as it should and I suspect it is
not going to be with us for much longer. Still it has had a tough life with dog
beds, my stuff and bird towels as well!!
The gardens are
looking wonderful at the moment, this damp weather is meaning that everything
is growing really well after the very dry year we had last year. Of course that
also means that the weeds are growing well and as for the grass, well I think
we may be able to make hay out of the overflow car park!!! That is if ever we
get hay making weather.
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