Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

One of the many benefits of being part of a photo walk group is getting special access to some places that we visit. Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is one of those places.

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The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is a non profit, educational based care facility for injured animals. They treat over 4,400 animals every year and approximately 90% of the injuries are directly related to humans (car accidents, fishing lines, etc). Their ultimate goal is to return the animals to their natural habitats but some animals are not able to be returned to the wild and they become permanent residents of the Sanctuary.

They invited us to visit on a Sunday morning when they were closed to the public and they gave us a special tour of their facilities. The tour included access to areas that are not available to the general public. This is yet another amazing place that is within 30 minutes of my house that I had never even heard of until someone in our group recommended it (thanks Art!!).

Fun with textures

The birds were my favorite subjects...

... but visiting the bald eagle area was by far the highlight of the trip for me.

 

More fun with textures

This one was by far my favorite shot of the day (and perhaps all time!) and it is my Palm Beach County photo of the week on DPC.