Post by Anne the Volunteer Suli the turkey vulture spent her time in our garden this summer being the star of our twice-daily program, at least in HER opinion. Hayabusa, the peregrine falcon, would probably argue this point, as I am sure she thought SHE was the star! Unfortunately, with all this outside time, Suli […]
By Anne the Volunteer Halloween brings a special day at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Suli, our turkey vulture, gets ready for it by carving her pumpkin, with a little help from Melissa, who adds starter holes to the pumpkin to get Suli started. This year Suli didn’t get into it as much […]
I know what you’re thinking. “Gasp! This isn’t Monday already is it?! I need to go do Monday things!” Well don’t panic. It’s still Sunday. I decided to post a day early so I can feel better about posting again on Thursday. Since Thursday’s my last day I figured I should deliver a sign off […]
As the summer gets warmer, insects become more numerous. While this influx of arthropods gives Suli, our turkey vulture, fun things to chase, it poses a problem of ants swarming around any food the birds leave behind. This means that we need to step up our full mews-cleaning schedule to twice a week. This activity […]
I was so excited when Melissa told me we were finally going to have me hold Suli the turkey vulture. This was it. I was about to graduate from intern in training to intern who could totally handle everything. All of the hours I spent trying to spark up a bond between us were about […]
I have spent so much time and space on this blog talking about the raptors themselves, that I figured I’d use an extra space this week to give you some updates. The last couple of weeks have just been a whirlwind of activity for everyone lucky enough to be involved with them. Update 1 The […]