Busy weekend

One of my favourite days of the year-going to the Open House at the World Bird Sanctuary. It's the best of both worlds-we get to see the birds and the kids love to do the bingo game that they have. The first thing we did was eat and decide how we were going to organize our day (or the rest of us ate and Ben organized us!!) Ben & Maggie just had to have their pictures taken as bald eagles!!!
This year, their theme was North American animals and they had a bunch of reptiles from the rescue center. Ben was beside himself because they had an alligator there, I thought his mouth was going to split with the size of his grin.
This armadillo was interesting, they are so much cuter when they aren't squished on the side of the road!!!!
This pelican is there every year, he has the funniest way of walking
Can't remember what kind of bird this is, but he was born in the wild but was shot by someone. Unfortunately, he was shot in the eye so he can't see on one side any more & can't be released into the wild again
It shows how much trust is on both parts of the bird and handler when you see how close those birds are to their faces. Scary!!!!
This year, I finally managed to get a picture of one of the birds in flight
They were selling these as a fundraiser, unbelievably they were only $2 each. I had to give them extra because I felt guilty at not paying more.