THE BRANDON SUN • WINTER FAIR • MARCH 2023
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James Cowan, director of the Canadian Raptor Conservancy, will be putting on the Birds of Prey show at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. (Submitted)
Birds of Prey show returning to the Royal
BY JILLIAN AUSTIN Local Journalism Initiative
James Cowan, director of the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Cowan will be offering two different shows — one is a smaller, educational show with a little bit of flying. The larger arena show in the evening will see more flying. “We’ll have a bald eagle flying, a falcon flying indoors. Some of the fastest birds in the world come from the falcon family,” Cowan said. “We’ll have a few different hawks flying in that show, so a little bit larger space and they’ll get to stretch their wings a little bit more.” Birds of Prey have attended the RMWF several times in the past, and Cowan said they are looking forward to returning to the Wheat City once again.
When you’re visit- ing the Royal Man- itoba Winter Fair, don’t forget to stop in to see Bruce the bald eagle, and his friends Jack and Diane, a pair of great horned owls. The iconic and impressive animals are part of the Birds of Prey show, put on by the Canadian Rap- tor Conservancy. “I see pure joy on peo-
ple’s faces the first time they see a bald eagle up close and personal, sort of see the sparkle in their eye and realize, ‘wow, that is an incredible bird,’” said
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