A central hall separates two rows of individual enclosures.
Each day the floor is hosed down and cleaned. As you can see, it's still wet!

Food freezers contain favorite treats, such as quail, trout, beef heart, rats, and the ever-popular mice. Careful records are kept daily on each bird (see chart on doors).

This is the food preparation area

Inside one of the private rooms lives Samson, a barred owl. He's a young bird who can no longer survive in the wild because he was orphaned, rescued, and exposed to people.

Challenger is in the "bird-weighing room" with Kevin Buchanan, who's checking to see if Challenger is at a healthy weight. Results? He's just fine! Our birds are monitored daily to ensure their total health and fitness.