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| Volunteers David S. and Michael D. work in Nero's mews |
The Raptor Center is getting ready for winter,
just as most of you are! With the change
in temperatures, the housing (mews) for several of our winged ambassadors
needed to be modified a bit. This week,
our turkey vulture, Nero (who will be 40 next year!) had Plexiglass and a heater
installed in his housing. With the
direction his enclosure is facing, we take advantage of late afternoon sun for
added warmth, too.
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| David works on Meadow's mews |
Meadow, our northern harrier, also had Plexiglass and a
heater added to her enclosure.
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| Meadow's thermometer |
We have
thermometers in both birds’ mews that help us keep track of the temperature
inside them all year long.
In a month or
so, our non-feathered staff will look longingly at those temperatures that are
much higher than the outdoors!
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| Darner is outside her hutch! |
Our smaller birds have heat bulbs for their hutches (small “houses”
inside their enclosures.)
(Darner the
American kestrel is demonstrating her hardiness by staying outside today, while
Boreas the boreal owl enjoys his heated hutch.)
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| Darner's hutch |
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| Boreas likes his heat bulb and hutch |
We couldn’t do this without the incredible skills and commitment
of our volunteers.
They truly keep us
going, and we thank them so much for everything they do.
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