The Eagle Has Landed at PSNH
05 February 2005
Manchester, NH

Tom's bird boxes. Aren't they gorgeous?

Turkey vultures have the most amazing silver-grey undersides to their wing and tail feathers. Elves could make clothing out of them.

"I know you don't really have a snack over there, so I'm not going to bother flying over to look for one."

Saw-whet owl with Customized Glowing Demon ^TM  eyes.

Saw-whet owl with Standard Issue eyes.

Saw-whet owls are cavity nesters. You can build a nest box to attract them. (The opening is the diameter of a coke can.)

I'm sorry I wasn't able to get a picture of this barred owl nearly obscured by the gentle hands of half-a-dozen carefully-supervised children when Tom brought it out again after the presentation so people could get a closer look at it. Tom really shines when showing off his birds to youngsters.

This female American Bald Eagle was very vocal when she first came out of her box.

She also stretched her wings enthusiastically, causing quite a stir.

Then she settled down to looking regal.

"How much does she weigh?"
"About 14 pounds."

But after several minutes:
 "Now she feels more like 50."

Tom nearly forgot to show us this juvenile male redtail hawk who was too young to actually have a red tail yet.