No matter how good or bad your week, no matter what you’re planning to do, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better way to start your weekend than with the cuteness of owls:

Or to watch people coo over hawks:

Or to watch them race just over your head:

And there’s no better way to enjoy an evening than having an amazing golden eagle — Nova, War Eagle VII — show off his stuff:

The Raptor Center hosts an educational program on Friday evenings before home games in the fall. If you’ve never gone, I’d recommend it. We visit it a few times a year. Great for kids, too.
More pictures from the program will go up in the September photo gallery next week.










