Since it's winter here in our hemisphere, things are a bit slower than usual and that's fine with us, since we don't like to deal with crowds or lots of traffic. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to see!
We stopped at Owlcatraz Bird and Wildlife Park in Shannon on our way to Napier. There wasn't much going on but we were greeted by Joey who is 17 years old. He took quite a shine to Hubby!
We also got to see 6 of our only native owls--called Ruru in Maori and generally called Moreporks because somebody said that's what their call sounded like they were saying. These are their names. They are 3 pairs of owls that mate for life.
After seeing the captive birds in their enclosure, the owner told us that a wild ruru had been hanging around and she found it sleeping in a tree! Hubby took some great photos of him/her and I will post them on my photoblog sometime soon.
More to come....
Click here if you want to find out more about rurus.
8 comments:
I love their names! I love owls -- as is evidenced by several carved ones in my house.
Hubby looks great with a bird on his shoulder. Much nicer than a hat. :-)
What a gorgeous bird who has become friends with your husband. I am looking forwards too your napier posts. When my brother comes next time, next year or the year after e are going to explore the bottom half of the North Island
Yep, Joey seems to really like your husband! What fun there was a wild owl in a tree too!
Love the photo of your husband with the new friend on his shoulder....we'll have to nickname him Capt. Jack Sparrow?!!!
[kidding of course]
Enjoyed this post.
We live in an old villa in the Waikato and have a resident Ruru, it's my favourite bird and there's nothing like being tucked up in bed and hearing ours move from tree to tree round the house at night.It makes me feel safe! Love your blog and look forward to the next installment!
Great place -- thanks for putting the link on your photo blog; I had lost this one somehow. Cute how the bird loves your husband.
Mine is the travel planner in our family as well -- and I love it that way.
Dear Betty , in Holland our owles say Oehoe!
Groetjes, Hetty
You do have some famous owls Betty. I looked on your photoblog as I wanted to see your Moreporks and just saw the lovely harrier, so I'll look again.
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