While in Florida watching St. Mike's Softball ( https://pbase.com/donutrun/smcsoftball09 ) in March of 09, we spent a bit of time at the Florida Audobon Birds of Prey Sanctuary. These folks take care of injured raptors, returning most of their patients to the wild. Those in rehab for returning to the wild are off-limits to the public.

Some birds, however, cannot return to the wild, and they live at the sanctuary -- from what we saw, amongst a wonderful staff of caretakers. Naturally, I took their pictures. Some were in enclosures and the wire mesh played havoc on the photographs. Others were relaxing in the garden and they were much easier to photograph. It was worth the visit!