Back to Work

After a lovely week off, Vancouver, snow storm and a migraine it was back to work for me on Monday.

Its always hard to get your mind back in the game after a break but my week has kept me fairly busy. On Wednesday, I took the new group of interns down to The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota. The kestrels needed a coping and then we met with a trainer to get tips. I always get excited to go down there because I learn something new every time. This time was a great review of animal training basics and trouble shooting the problem I am having with one of my birds.

Potters Snowman

I also built snowmen for the corvids (you have to love your job when you can go play in the snow for an afternoon!) I thought that it would be a fantastic enrichment idea but neither bird seemed interested in the creature that appeared. SAD!

Ice on Grindstone Lake

The other thing everyone was talking about this week was Grindstone Lake freezing over. The ice formed in a pretty cool way and I went out and took a bunch of pictures. I loved the way the ice crystals formed, it makes it appear there is snow out there even though there isn't!

Close up of the ice #1

Ice Close Up #2