Bradley and Lance went to the movies, so I decided that Connor needed a special one on one treat too.  We decided to go to the Bird Park at Montecasino. The last time I took him there was when he was very very little, and in a pram and in nappies… and he doesn’t remember the place.  It was time! I knew he’d enjoy the Flight of Fantasy show now, and he’s old enough to sit through it.  And I was right… we had a ball together.  In fact, I think we need to do this more often… he never gets to do something special on his own.

We went into the lorikeet aviary first with a dish of nectar, hoping to feed them.  Here I have a problem… very exciting for Connor… yet idiotic to sell me a tub of syrupy stuff in the afternoon when the birds have clearly had their fill! Anyhoo, he enjoyed trying anyway.

And then it was 3pm and time for the show in the amphitheatre.

I just loved the Eagle Owl   And I LOVE the photos I managed to get this time… what a difference a proper lens makes… and 3 years more photo experience .  I used the 70-200mm f2.8 for the whole show.

This cape vulture is a rescued bird, and was a victim of poisoning.

And see this massive burmese python?  Well, the handler let Connor and I touch it.  Connor touched it so very quickly that I didn’t even manage to get a photo

and what’s an outing without ice cream?

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.