It is great to be able to shoot large birds of prey...any kind of owl, hawk or falcon. There are a number of places that take in injured birds and animals and release them into the wild when they are back to health. There are some that, due to their injuries, can no longer survive in the wild on their own. Nature centers will take care of these creatures for the rest of their live span. They will feed them and care for them and use them to educate children about wildlife. One of the nature centers near me is Stillman Nature Center. They have a number of raptors in their care. It takes money to run the center and so one way they have devised to help raise funds is to have a nature photography photo day. They will set up the birds in natural settings as trees and let nature photographers, like myself, come in and photograph them for a short time for a fee. The birds all have tethers on their legs to protect them and us. Some of them are hidden by tree branches and snow. On two of the birds I did Photoshop the tethers out...just because. It was a fun time to be able to see these birds up close, to learn about them from the nature center volunteers, to get some nice pictures and a worthy cause.
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