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New Aviary exhibit to open this week
Photo by Neil Strebig
Cathy Shlott, Curator and Manager of Animal Training at the Pittsburgh National Aviary holds, Nigel, an Australian Laughing Kookaburra.
By Neil Strebig
The Pittsburgh Avairy will open its newest show, “Nature’s Voice,” this Friday, Jan. 8, to the public. The show will feature six birds including a pair of Burrowing Owls that were hatched and raised at the Pittsburgh Aviary in Allegheny Center, a Palm-nut Vulture, a Laughing Kookaburra, a Harris Hawk, Silver Gulls and a Eurasian Eagle-owl. “Nature’s Voice” will have two daily showtimes at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.. Tickets are $5 in addition to general admission.
Denver, a Burrowing Owl native to North America is shown coming out of his exhibit
Cathy Schlott holds Severus, a 20-year-old palm-nut vulture during the Nature’s Voice exhibit. Severus is one of only four palm-nut vultures audiences can see in captivity.
Photos by Neil Strebig
Neil Strebig is a Northsider and student intern attending Point Park University.
