Birds of Prey Photojournal
The International Center for Birds of Prey is now open to the public! Barbara Bergwerf took some wonderful photos of the birds on the first Saturday, June 7, 2008.
ICBP Director, Jim Elliott and eagle
In flight.
Kite.
Santee, a magnificent eagle at International Center for Birds of Prey in S.C., on the wing!
Steve and Peregrine Falcon in exercise.
A pair of baby owls were brought into the center in Feb. 2006. These little guys had their nest dumped out of a tree. In fact one had not even hatched yet. They are being cared for at the Birds of Prey Center. They are so young their eyes aren't even open yet.
Awwwwwww.......
* Photographs courtesy of Barbara J. Bergwerf
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In January, MAM and Mary Pringe release a pair of newly rehabilitated Great Horned Owls on Dewees Island. It's a crisp day!
On the way home from the owls' release, we saw this bald eagle sitting on the shore along the Intracoastal. When the ferry tooted its horn, the great eagle expanded his magnificent wingspan and took off, thrilling us with a fabulous view!
Meet some of the birds of prey included in SKYWARD!
All photographs by Barbara J. Bergwerf
at South Carolina Center for Birds of Prey
Mary Alice with a Barred Owl. (Junior)
Bald Eagle (Santee)
Barn Owl
Barred Owls
Great Horned Owl
Red-Tailed Hawks
For all readers of SKYWARD, here are some photographs of Steve exercising the two resident black vultures at the SC Center for Birds of Prey. Better known in the novel as THE TWEEDLES!
Osprey at the Isle of Palms Connector
These are scenes from a release of a Red-tailed Hawk after
rehabilitation at the South Carolina Center for Birds of Prey.
Photos below by Beverly Ballow
HRH Princess Anne visited the site of the new International Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw, South Carolina in April, 2003, where I had the pleasure of meeting her.
Below shows the release of an osprey at The Seewee Preserve.
A bit nervous...
Lift Off!
An amazing incident ocurred in September. A bald eagle roosted on the roof of my house! I was delighted, honored, that she chose my house to visit--and took it all as a powerful omen. Or, as Brady would say in SKYWARD, the eagle is now my totem. Below is a photo of the eagle on my roof. Barb Bergwerf came by to photograph the eagle when it moved to a nearby telephone pole.
This great horned owl orphan fell from his nest. What most people don't realize is that it is best to put the uninjured fledgling back into the nest. This downy little fellow could not get back in, so he was put in a makeshift nest nearby so that mama could continue to feed him. Look at the glare in one so young! That's the right attitude for a bird of prey's survival! Thanks to Barb Bergwerf and Mary Pringle for these pix!
