RI Zoo 7

Wrapping up the visit to the zoo, (began here: RI Zoo 1) there were two Bald Eagles that had been injured and can no longer fly on a sustained basis, so they can't be released. They were repaired cosmetically and looked beautiful.

There were hordes of people there, but when the keeper walked by with a tray of mice, the eagles immediately recognized him in the crowd and began to make sounds. They watched the man disappear and reappear, and then when the mice were delivered, even though there were several feeding stations, one of them ate and the other one watched and waited until it was finished, before it took over eating what was left of the mouse, rather than eating at the same time, at different feeding stations.

The first picture (above) shows a camouflaged door that was behind me when I was watching the eagles. I thought it was really well done.

Two eagles

Caretaker spotted

The eagle watches him disappear. Mouth slightly open.

Caretaker goes past and out of sight... Hey, what gives? Come back!

That's more like it

Ewwwwww

He looks at me... "THIS IS MINE!"

Standing on a water bowl, the other eagle watched while he ate

Took a drink. Gulp

And that's pretty much it. There were a lot of animals out of sight that day, but even so, it was a pleasant visit. None of the animals seemed stressed, which was nice. I hate to see them pacing.

Have a great day.