Monday, August 5, 2013

A Falcon Centre Trip

Three days ago we stayed inside for most of the morning and didn't do much.

In the afternoon we went out to a traditional English inn called The Fleece Inn with one of my dad's old school friends. 

I had some very nice breaded fish with perfectly done chips. With it I had vegetable sticks.

For dessert I had a delicious lemon tart with warm custard.

Noah the owl
Later we went to The Cotswold Falconry Centre.

There you can see birds hunt and do tricks.

The falconer flew five birds: one small falcon, an owl called Noah, an owl called Olly, a snowy owl called Crystal, and a small burrowing owl called Flint.

You were allowed to have a big glove on your hand and have the birds fly onto it.

I got to hold one of the owls and Flint the burrowing owl.

Flint was probably my favourite because he hopped around, stared at people, and made hoarse noises. His burrow was actually a small box they use for transporting pets by air travel.

There was a little trouble getting Flint into his burrow because when the guy put the food bowl into the burrow and closed the door Flint hopped out again.

Also there were a few birds in the cages which were to shy to come and fly in front of people.


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