Feb 20 2023 - Silly News on Family Day

 

Let's play!  Silly News Yes or No.  From UPI:  Flaco, the owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, will be allowed his freedom Feb. 18 (UPI) -- An owl who became a celebrity after he escaped from the Central Park Zoo in New York City and defied capture for weeks will be allowed to keep his freedom. For now. That's because they haven't been able to catch him.  He's Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl.  Zoo staffers tried to lure him with bait and recordings of eagle owl calls.  There's lots to eat in Central Park. Swan hitches a ride atop city bus in England Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The bus operator in a British city shared a photo of a swan utilizing public transit by taking a ride atop a city bus.  Reading Buses tweeted a photo showing the swan riding on one of the operator's buses in Reading, Berkshire. Pig that 'looked cold' gets a ride home in Alaska police cruiser Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Police in Alaska said a wandering pig that "looked cold" at the side of a road got a lift home in a patrol cruiser. The Anchorage Police Department posted a photo to Facebook showing the pet pig riding in the back of one of the department's patrol cruisers in Fairview.  Police wrote the "portly dude was quite friendly."  His name is Elvis Pigsley.   Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

Visiting Owls

It was a very rainy Saturday this past weekend.  We had the great experience of visiting the Owl Foundation in Vineland Station on the bank of Twenty Mile Creek, near the railroad crossing bridge.  It is a rehabilitation centre and sanctuary for injured owls.  Members are invited to visit once a year only.  It is still the home of the McKeevers who started the sanctuary in the 1970's. The mission is to return injured owls to a healthy state so that they can survive on their own and be released.  There are permanent residents who cannot survive on their own, and Big Bird, shown here in the house, is one of them, being blind in one eye. We were impressed with all the facilities - corridors for flying and training to hunt, nesting cages to raise chicks, big cages with vegetation to simulate a wild owl habitat, the intensive care unit, isolation unit, etc. Their site is here:  http://www.theowlfoundation.ca should you want to know more, and possibly donate to this important cause.