Our Amazing Visit to Owlcatraz in Shannon on July 21st 2013

On June the 21st we went to Owlcatraz in Shannon. We travelled down on the bus and the parents followed us in their cars. We went to Owlcatraz because we are studying "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" and Owlcatraz is a good example of this. It used to be the Shannon dump - or landfill. Janette and her husband have done an amazing job transforming the "dump" into a really lovely natural bush and sanctuary for birds and animals. We learnt heaps about owls while we were there and we met lots of interesting animals, like donkeys, a Kune Kune pig who ate bread held in his carers mouth, an ostrich, ducklings, pukekos, alpaca's, goats and deer. We hunted for hidden statues and we found "hogs on logs", "frogs on logs", "hedgehogs on logs", bears, bunnies, sheep and many more hiding in the bush. We went to see Lake Owlsmere and the eels.We saw a waterwheel which had a teapot feeding water onto it. Even though it was a freezing day, we had a really interesting time. Thank you to Janette and everyone at Owlcatraz and the parents who came with us. We hope you had fun too!

Here is Joey. He eats chocolate chip biscuits.He can ring a bell and say thank you!



Here is Janette talking to us before we go into the dark owl enclosure. We had to be quiet while we watched the owls. They recycle the mouse bone and fur after eating the mice.



Here are the donkeys . We loved patting them. They were very friendly.

Here is the Kune Kune pig eating bread from his carer's mouth.