The following information is from the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek:
Did you know that we have over 5 egg laying ambassadors at Lindsay? These ambassadors include Topaz the Golden Eagle, Valkyrie the Swainson’s Hawk, Lucienne the Mourning Dove, Chucki the Chuckwalla, and Emmy the Pond Turtle. Even our ambassador Black Widows will lay egg sacs. Egg laying is a good indicator that these ambassadors are healthy and comfortable in our care, so our Animal Keepers are always excited to find an egg! So far this year, our Animal Keepers have found 5 unfertilized eggs, 4 from Topaz and 1 from Valkyrie.
Lindsey is definitely worth a visit. I remember when they were young in a very small building in the park. My Dad would take us there as kids. Years later after they moved into the new facility I volunteered there and did everything from feeding baby birds with a syringe, cleaning out mouse and squirrel cages, de-yoking dead chicks to feed to the raptors, hosing out vulture containments, and lots of laundry. There is so much more than meets the eye. Some of it is not for the faint of heart.
It is a worthy cause that carries with it great memories of those times with my Dad when we were kids, and the continued effort of Lindsay to carry on with saving and treating our wildlife is to be commended.
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Did they actually lay eggs or just identify as egg-layers?
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It’s a shame the eggs are unfertilized…They could start cranking out Golden Eagles if they got a Daddy in there. Just the same, eggs are expensive these days & we all gotta eat…. so….. I wonder how a Golden Eagle omelette would taste?