As things with my
work and personal life get busier it becomes
more of a challenge to take photos, but I still find ways to get them in.
The 9/11 flags display on Art Hill in St. Louis, MO (photo: Cathy Spahn)
The first two photos
are from the September 11 Art Hill celebration. Art Hill is the lawn to the north of the St. Louis Art
Museum in Forest Park. Every year flags are placed on Art Hill in
remembrance of September 11.
The overcast sky added to the solemnity of the occasion (photo: Cathy Spahn)
This year there were 684 flags, one for every 10 military personnel who have lost their lives since the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was a very solemn
sight; the flags were beautiful yet you could feel the reason they were
there. The overcast that day added
to the overall feeling of the day and even made the color of the flags stand
out.
WBS Staff member Paige Davis releases McGyver the Harris' Hawk (photo: Cathy Spahn)
My next two photos
were taken at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, where WBS presents a birds
of prey program. I did not have
many opportunities to take photos during the program, but I tried. The set up for the show is such that
you need 3 trainers to make sure the show goes smoothly, and sneaking in some
photos is challenging. In order to
take a photo I had to stand behind a wall barrier onstage and point a camera
through the crack in the barrier.
This makes the angle of view very narrow.
WBS Staff member JoHanna Burton releasing McGyver the Harris' Hawk (photo: Cathy Spahn
Even with this limitation I managed to get a few nice photos of World Bird Sanctuary staff
members JoHanna Burton and Paige Davis with MacGyver the Harris Hawk.
In many ways I think
the photos in this month’s blog speak for themselves. There are moments of peace,
joy, and excitement all captured in a few photos.
Submitted by
Cathy Spahn, World Bird Sanctuary Naturalist
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