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Bird Show Blog

Ripley Takes Flight!
Tuesday 15th December 2009
Ripley the Barking Owl is now 12 weeks old and has already started free fly training for the QBE Free Flight Bird Show. Watch the video diary and see her in action.
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Training New Recruit Shows Progress
Wednesday 9th December 2009
We’ve been taking Clarkie, one of the newest members of Bird Show, off site for some training.
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Falcons, Trainers and Automobiles
Friday 4th December 2009
Khan, our Peregrine Falcon, took free-flying to t a new level last Monday. We went off-site to fly him down at Balmoral Oval at 10 am and recovered him later that day at 3:50 pm, just in time to knock-off work. After a day off to recuperate, we jumped straight back into routine this morning, with very interesting results.
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Billy Walks the Walk
Thursday 26th November 2009
Today, Erin and I took our female brolga Billy for a walk around the zoo. She has been in our QBE Free Flight Bird Show for nearly as long as it has been running. Going for a walk is something a little different for Billy and allows her to investigate different areas.
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Ripley is a Girl!
Friday 6th November 2009
Although we’ve previously been referring to Ripley as a boy, as it turns out, he is actually a she! We found out only a few days ago.
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Ripley the Owl Rides the Cable Car
Monday 2nd November 2009
Ripley is nearly fully grown now and spending every day at Bird Show. She does require a little more attention though as she can fly well and is flying all over the place!
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Its Not Only Birds we Train at the Bird Show
Friday 30th October 2009
Whenever somebody new starts we like to give them a project to ease them into the animal training world. For Merryn her first is an agouti rat called Oberon that she has decided, against my better judgement, to rename Cupcakes.
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Back to School for Korridge Cup
Wednesday 14th October 2009
Korridge-Cup, the Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo that took a flight through suburban Mosman last week, has also been lacking a little bit of a confidence in his training sessions at Bird Show.
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New Toys for Ripley
Tuesday 13th October 2009
Ripley’s starting to look more and more like an adult Barking Owl. He’s now completely covered in feathers, making him look less like a fuzz ball.
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Fly-Off Shenanigans!
Friday 9th October 2009
Yesterday was an extremely windy day for us at the zoo, with gusts up to 60 km/hr! On days like these we modify our show as some birds struggle in those winds, but even those that have proved themselves before can find it a bit tough.
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