Monday, December 17, 2018

Visiting the Aviary

Here in SLC we are fortunate to have a wonderful aviary, Tracy Aviary. It is undergoing considerable remodeling, all to the better.
Randy and I spent time there Sunday with some amazing birds. We were fortunate to be present at the time of feeding the small colorful parrots and were invited inside the cage with the two guys who had paid to feed them and the staff person. Here are these incredibly beautiful birds a foot or so away from us and walking on the feeder's arm and hands.
Sandhill cranes - normally brown in color - are grey here since the staff put grey mud in rather than brown mud and the birds change their feather colors with the mud. So grey for these two!
Flamingos were gorgeous and noisy - young and old. Their feathers are exquisite, which maybe makes up for their beak which is a bit dorky!
This is my first installment - more to come..

Sandhills..


Black Swans


Flamingos



Toucans


The small and gorgeous parrots..


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