Bob and I were back on the road bright and early but this time in the VW Jetta (aka: VJ or land dinghy). We didn’t do Sea World or the San Diego Zoo but the world renown Arizona Sonora Desert Museum was a must. We spent over three hours drinking all the sights and information. The highlight for me (and I’ve been to the museum dozens of times) was the free flight, which I had never seen. Before the start the docent asked a dad to take his son off his shoulders because the birds come in close and he might get hit. Oh, yeah…….. The first bird released (the 150 observers never saw the bird leave a cage. It just came soaring over a palo verde tree) was a raven. In front of the crowd was a handler that stuck food chunks in tree forks and the raven would fly to it for the snack. Between placements she soared and dove in inches above our heads. That boy on his dad’s shoulders would have had a raven beak in his head. After the raven, came a barn owl and then a great horned owl. All brushing the crowd with their low flights.
After the museum we progressed down the road to the Saguaro National Park Visitor Center to be dazzled some more.
It was a great day !!
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