Cascade Raptor Center

Heather and I took Michael to the Cascade Raptor Center on Sunday - they were celebrating Earth Day. It was absolutely amazing how many people were there - cars were parking up and down the street for what looked like a mile. Probably not, but there were a LOT of people there. Michael actually wasn't in a good mood and wasn't remotely interested in the birds, so we didn't get to peruse as much as we would have liked.

Still, we got to see some lovely birds. Lots of falcons, hawks and owls and the like. They even have a pair of turkey vultures - both were sunning themselves, so it was neat to see them up close. Other than their heads, they are actually quite pretty birds. I've seen bald eagles and golden eagles before, but apparently from quite a distance. The golden eagle was HUGE! Wow, was she beautiful. The bald eagles were nesting, as was another pair. Pretty cool! Maybe there will be an opportunity to go see the chicks later this year. ^___^

I haven't figured out the manual settings on my camera, so for the smaller birds I couldn't get the camera to focus on the bird instead of the wires. But I did get some pictures of the bigger birds, and the two vultures.

Today I've been feeling a little sick, but hopefully it's something that will go away without progressing any further. Feeling okay now, anyway. We'll see.

Disapproving Bunnies

http://birdchick.com/adventures/rabbit/index2.html

The above site was featured in the recent "Rabbits" magazine - thought I'd check it out since she enjoyed birds and bunnies. OMG. The pictures and captions are priceless! This is page 2 - I love the one a few down where Cinnamon says "Someone two blocks away is in dire need of disapproval!" LOL. All the bunnies seem to be pretty good at those disapproving looks, but that one is priceless. Though the last one on page 2 makes me want to die laughing. ^___^

I wish I knew what our second bunny was - our first one was the Dutch rabbit that my sister won at a rodeo scramble. Our second one adopted us - he was a large black rabbit and very velvety. There are quite a few bunnies that are commonly called "velveteen" (i.e. Rex) or "satin" but neither of those breeds are as solid and compact as he was. Maybe he was a cross, as they have quite a few crosses pictured in the magazine I picked up. Whatever, he was beautiful!