Guess Hoo-Hoo-Hoo Came to the TBA Early School?

A live screech owl named Winkie made a surprise visit to The Early School of Temple B’nai Abraham with its handler Shari Stern, Education Director of The Raptor Trust, a private, non-profit, wild bird rehabilitation center in Millington, NJ. Through this outreach program, the young students learned about the special adaptations, sounds and senses which make owls such awesome nocturnal creatures. There were bird displays, nests, feathers, and meeting the live owl, Winkie, all part of the fun interactive program.

Although begun as a raptor care facility, the Trust offers assistance to all native wild birds. The goal is always to return all viable individuals to the wild. In the ten year period of 1986 through 1995, over 25,000 wild birds were admitted to the rehabilitation facility—half of which were set free. The Raptor Trust offers on-site, as well as outreach educational programs on a variety of raptor topics. For more on the Raptor Trust go to http://theraptortrust.org/

For information regarding The Early School and its programs, open to non-members, please contact Debbie A. Ziering, Director of Early Childhood Education, at 973-994-2290 or dziering@tbanj.org