Feathers fly at Gauteng attraction

BIRDLOVERS can view several new additions to the Pretoria Zoo after its bird breeding unit produced hatchings of five bird species in the past week. The hatchings, which include a black-faced conure, a king vulture, a Eurasian eagle owl, whitefaced owl and a crowned plover, will be hand-reared at the breeding unit. Of particular interest is the Eurasian eagle owl which occurs mainly in mountainous forest and semi-desert or rocky-sloped areas of Europe and Asia. (Adéle Mackenzie)