A couple of weeks before Halloween 2020 Dianne and I made another visit to the Oak Mountain State Park Demonstration Farm and the Alabama Wildlife Center. Back in January 2020 I wrote about a visit to the farm with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson. I've also written briefly about the history of the park.
Some comments on this trip are below.
Chickens, ponies and goats, oh my!
Various kinds of goats are plentiful at the Demonstration Farm. They have numerous lounging pads.
Goats have the run of golf carts, too. This one is waiting at the office where visitors buy feed for the animals. The goats especially gather round whenever humans walk up to the window! All of them have names, by the way, and the staff will happily talk about the habits of each one.
The Alabama Wildlife Center is the oldest and largest wild bird rescue program in the state, rehabilitating almost 2000 birds a year. This eagle was in rehab during our visit. Unfortunately, some of the birds have to remain on site permanently; their injuries are such they cannot be released back into the wild.
The AWC has some pleasant walkways among the buildings.
And there were a trio of hawks...
Some mysterious owls were around, too....a great horned owl and a barn owl
This shot was taken inside the main building.
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