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Featured Birds - January 2007This past autumn, there has been a rash of new arrivals on the park to increase and enhance the collection. Jon Scott gives us some information ...
We were asked to care for two Steller’s Sea Eagles. These very large eagles, a male and a female, are settling in very well and showing signs that they may make a suitable breeding pair. We have five new Harris Hawks to add to our team to fly on Experience Days and the daily 3pm hawk flying for adults. They are four males, Parsley, Thyme, Mugwort and Dill, and one female called Sage.
Two Black Kites have joined us and once trained they will go into our Kite display team. They have been named Fennel and Mint and we believe that they are both males.
We were lucky enough to be given a very handsome Egyptian Vulture, whose name is Master Chalk, but will probably be renamed should he ever be chosen for public display work. We are very pleased to be caring for these birds as they are part of the Endangered Species Programme.
Ashley and Andy travelled to Rome to collect 20 vultures that the Trust have been asked to look after for the Italian authorities. They arrived safely and were give a clean bill of health by veterinary surgeon John Chitty. The species being cared for are African White-backed Vultures, White-headed Vultures and Hooded Vultures. Details about all the above species can be found on the main Hawk Conservancy Trust web site by pointing the mouse at the top left-hand box, ‘About Us’, and then selecting ‘Species in detail’.
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