Walking Spike

Last week I took Spike for a walk as enrichment. He seemed to enjoy it and we walked all the way to the office. Along the way he investigated everything! I have also been adding maple branches to his enclosure which he LOVES!

Enjoying some maple browse!

Checking out my camera - the dot under his eye is a wood tick

YUM! Maple!

Gibwanasii's First Program

Tonight Gibwanasii did his first raptor program! It was a little rough at the beginning but once he settled down he did great! I am so proud of my little buddy and glad all our hard work paid off :)

Teaching

Picture time after teaching the 5th graders about falcons

Canoe Paddle

Me and the Paddle I hand made!

For the past month, I have been working on making a canoe paddle by hand. One of the volunteers at the center teaches people how to make bent-shaft canoe paddles and I have been going over to his house to work on it. I finally finished it this week and I must say, its pretty AWESOME! I learned how to use a bunch of new tools and didn't even injury myself! Okay that is a lie. I did need a band-aid once but that is doing pretty well for me :) Anyways, I am excited to get out on the water this beauty!

My paddle

Close up of the blade

A deer I made while waiting for my varnish to dry!

Osprey!

There has been lots of action on the Osprey this past week - I was lucky enough to get a few pictures of them. We heard a bunch of calling and they occasionally perched on the platform but none have started nesting. Unfortunately, its getting a bit late in the year for a pair to nest but it certainly is a good sign for next year!

2 Osprey - the one on the left has a fish!

Still circling

Osprey - probably a female based on the markings on the chest