birds of prey?

i lived in coaldale for ever while the birds of prey center was open, never once did i go.

i didn't know how birds of prey would be cool, at all.

well, i was totally wrong. 

we went with papa and it was so cool!

              

this is an eagle?  i forget.  it was really weird to see the birds

tied down.  the workers said it was the best way to keep them because

it let them us their wings.

they could almost fly. 

we saw because one white owl really wanted to come and eat kale!

this was one of the cooooolest things EVER! 

i got to hold this great horned owl!  SWEET!

it was just a bit scary but obvisously i was brave enough

to be a good example because olivia even held a little burrowing owl!

olivia loves this picture because you can see the owls wings.

liv was so brave!  i was so proud of her!

bald eagle!  go america!

cutest picture!!  awwww! 

i'm telling ya, i just can't get enough of this boy with his grandpas!

another eagle.

we got to feed the ducks.  mallory, as usual was scared to death. 

but with a little help from mom and papa she was able to sit and see the ducks.

kale fed them too.  he couldn't get enough of the birds and went chasing after them.

mallory and her super excited look! 

the monsters!

funny story.

olivia had her bag of duck food and the ducks came after her trying to get some.

the bag fell on the ground, olivia was scared and she let the ducks have it.

well, i wasn't going to let our $1 go to waste.

so i reached down, shooed the ducks away, even pushing a couple and got the bag back.

then i thought, what the heck did i just do.

it was kind of funny.  if i would have thought about it i probably wouldn't have done it.

since i was getting the food back for olivia, it didn't even think and just went into action.

right before we were leaving the worker girl had the owls out again.

olivia wanted to hold it again.

doesn't she look like she's having fun??

the whole group! 

we had such a great time!

great idea papa!