Like many of
you are probably doing, TRC is taking advantage of “seasonally available”
produce. We have found pumpkins to be a
great way to incorporate into our enrichment activities for our education
raptors. How? Read on!
Outdoors construction
at our site means we have had to move some of our birds to alternative
housing. We are using some creative
ways to ensure that the birds are continually comfortable with new
surroundings. Rope “toys” that encourage
natural behavior to “foot” their prey are made almost daily by our
volunteers.
Once they are hollowed out,
small pumpkins make great places to “hide” the birds’ food. In this series of photos, Lois the great
horned owl is offered her mouse lunch in a pumpkin. As you can see, Lois very carefully sizes up
her “prey” before she withdrew her treat.
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