Raptor enrichment

As a fun summer theme, we decided to create newspaper boats filled with goodies (oh and yes, that's a feather "sail" ;)), that could float in our resident bird's water dishes. Our corvids recieved...

Mestaae, TRC’s education Eastern screech-owl, had the opportunity to practice her “prey-grabbing” skills recently. Though the education birds at TRC do not have to secure their own prey “meals” as do their wild cousins, it is still important to keep their minds and bodies active. An enrichment toy - in this case, a small, knotted coil of the natural fiber rope used on their perches - was given to Mestaae. Over the course of a couple of days, she manipulated it with her feet and beak, much as…

Part of our responsibility in the care and management of our winged education ambassadors is to keep their minds as healthy as their bodies. One way to do this is to provide enrichment in how their food is presented. This encourages natural behavior by engaging the birds’ minds, feet, and eyes, as well as making the activities of finding food and eating last longer. Puzzle toys are one form of enrichment (note the previous blog post about rope toys ). Enrichment activities have to be safe…

This post has a reason but it is also a test to see how my blog works from my phone. So many posts I wanted to make but have missed or forgot because by the time I had come in from training Moon, s…

Penguins like disco balls!

Firehose owl perch/swing. Adjust the height/fasteners (screwed in vs. Clipped) to adjust the swinging. Ensure tight weave firehose to make sure no talons can get caught and monitor for fraying/wear. For Nimbus

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Von der deckens Hornbill foraging toy, childrens sandbox toy. Would work for arboreal mammals, rats, small mustelids, parrots, softbills, raptors, chickens etc.

Pinniped Firehose Cube - Firehose cube with a 5 litre bottle inside to make it float.Put a handful of gravel in the bottle so rattles. You could experiment with different things to make different sounds