It was a cute little faire, but mostly it was about the critters, which, duh.

It was a cute little faire, but mostly it was about the critters, which, duh. It's mostly owls and raptors, but they have a small to moderate group of other critters, as well. All injured or rescued in some way. While you get to get quite close to some of them, you can't really interact (duh). The only bird that tried to interact, per se, was the gray parrot, who was clearly annoyed that he wasn't the only bird getting all the attention. They have a river otter that lost a leg as a child and never quite got full grown, although she's an adult, and she kept coming over to the side of her enclosure, looking for snacks, I'm guessing.

They have a few small and medium large cats, rescued almost entirely from other rescues in the US that were damaged in the last few years by hurricanes or tornadoes. All the cats were sleeping in the coolest, darkest corner they could find. It was hot out. The one exception was the ocelot that is part of the educational show. That one was enthusiastic about gulping down the mice they were feeding it to keep its attention focused. Cue audience members who react predictably when there's a mouse tail hanging out of its mouth. I was more interested to see just how aggressively it played with the handler. No claws, but it was all over her if the next mouse was not forthcoming. 

The handlers were reasonably knowledgeable, and very informative. Not all the birds are able to fly. Some of the rescues are there, rather than rehab and release, because the damage was too much. Some of them can fly, but can't hunt because of talon damage, or eye damage. They have many kinds of hawks, buzzards, falcons, owls, a couple of golden and bald eagles, and a condor. I'm still not quite clear on how the condor ended up there, but he's quite old. There's also a particular type of large crow, a couple of endangered macaws, and at least the one parrot.