Tilly - Supreme

[cornishman]

Just a couple of piccies of Tilly and her new flight/aviary.
First picture of Tilly I have had to do a really rough "select" and "Adjust Levels" so it looks odd.

 

[Pearl]

Beautiful creatures, so graceful and silent. I had one swoop past my head once I never heard a thing only saw it fly past me.

 

[cornishman]

Better piccy of Tilly

 

[amos hames]

Nice

 

[Adanor]

Very nice. She looks happy.

 

[cornishman]

Very nice. She looks happy.

She's a real poser, that's her "aren't I beautiful!" face!
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[Norm]

She is beautiful, how do you feed her do you let her out to catch her food ?? Sorry am very ignorant on such matters

 

[cornishman]

Andy actually has two of these wonderful creatures. Tilly is the oldest and most "manned" (used to human company) Ochre is a male and very young and belligerent.
They are fed on a diet of chicks and any rabbits/pigeons that we can shoot.
All sounds a bit sordid but that would be their diet in the wild.
Tilly will hunt rabbit, but has become a little lazy, I think Andy plans to seriously hunt Ochre and has started taking him with him when walking the fields in preparation.

I will post some more piccies later, trying to get some of the birds in flight, Tilly has a wing span of almost seven feet and looks truly magnificent in flight.

 

[Dennisbn514]

She is a beautiful bird. What species of owl is she?

 

[cornishman]

She is a beautiful bird. What species of owl is she?

They are both Eurasian Eagle Owls.