{"id":8112,"date":"2021-02-20T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T13:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2021-02-20T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T13:21:14","slug":"crocworld-birds-enjoy-new-top-notch-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/activities\/wildlife\/crocworld-birds-enjoy-new-top-notch-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocworld birds enjoy new top-notch facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\">Crocworld Conservation Centre\u2019s resident birds have taken to their stylish new bird enclosure \u2013 The Raptor Wing &#8211; which comes with great new \u2018furniture\u2019 and even a sea view! The Scottburgh-based centre recently completed construction of its state-of-the-art aviary which houses the resident birds of prey including the booted eagles, Eurasian eagle owls, Harris hawk and jackal buzzards. \u201cWe wanted to make the enclosure much more spacious while still in keeping with our new-design bird enclosures,\u201d explained Ryne Ferguson, Crocworld\u2019s Bird Curator. \u201cNetting was added to the roof and sides to prevent any possible injuries if birds get spooked. We\u2019ve also included fitting \u2018furniture\u2019 such as ponds, plants and logs, making this an enriching natural environment. Most of our birds are rescues or born in captivity so they require special structures to allow them to get to elevated locations around the enclosure \u2013 the booted eagle female, for example, has a fused wing so we\u2019ve built her a branch jungle gym to allow her easy access to the nesting platform. Birds of prey enjoy a \u2018room with a view\u2019 so the enclosure also overlooks parts the centre and has a sea view.\u201d Crocworld is open to visitors and follows all Covid-19 protocols. Visitors must wear masks, sanitise and follow family group social distancing regulations. In line with regulations, the centre and caf\u00e9 are open from 9am to 4.30pm. To find out more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crocworld.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.crocworld.co.za<\/a> or contact Crocworld Conservation Centre on 039 976 1103.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; color: #7f7f7f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crocworld Conservation Centre\u2019s resident birds have taken to their stylish new bird enclosure \u2013 The Raptor Wing &#8211; which comes with great new \u2018furniture\u2019 and even a sea view! The Scottburgh-based centre recently completed construction of its state-of-the-art aviary which houses the resident birds of prey including the booted eagles, Eurasian eagle owls, Harris hawk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2706],"tags":[5369,5367,5557,5404,5370],"class_list":["post-8112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-crocworld","tag-olivia-jones-communications","tag-raptor-wing","tag-ryne-ferguson","tag-scottburgh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}