I Condor you

We went to the Wildlife Park and Greifvogelzoo (Raptor zoo) in Potzberg about 30 minutes north of Bruchmühlbach-Miesau. The park was conceived in the 1970s as a way to attract tourists, and opened in 1984. Due to financial problems, the park was taken over by private management. The privaate management reinvigerted the park, added conservation programs, breeding of rare and endangered spicies, and reintroducing birds back into the wild. They have so many animals, I took nearly way too many photos. It’s sad to see a lot of the raptors in enclosures, but many, like the Condors, seemed content, wanted to play, and were quite interactive. All the animals were very well taken care of.

While on our morning walk, I thought I finally got the Europen Robin. But no, this bird is a Common Chaffinch.

A European Greenfinch

The ever-present Eurasian Blue Tit.

The hotel at the Wild Like Park

A goatlette crawled under to fence and greeted us.

Red Kites were flying around annoying some of the birds in enclosure

I’m no emo, I’m an Emu

Got it?

Andean Condor

Say Uncle and make the paparazzo laugh!

Foghorn Condor

Two male condors wound follow me back and forth, trying to get to my camera while I was trying to photograph the female condors spreading their wings. They were hilarious.

While we were eating lunch at the castle above Landstuhl, I realized the tower and building (Hotel) on the top of then hill across the way is where the Wild Life park is.

A decent sunset taken from the cemetery across the street.