Our newest resident cage has now been christened the Goshawk cage.  It took us a little while to get this one completed, but has you can see was worth the wait.  Now we just have to find the perfect resident for it.  Hopefully a Goshawk. (Spring 2005-Fall 2007)

Laying out the ground work with the help of Grant, one of our construction volunteers.

The roof starts going up.  This cage we have decided will have a partial roof to allow for a less closed in feel.

The framing has begun.  Before long the sides will be up.

One side is just about completed and ready for painting.  Parts of the roof will also be extended over the path to allow for drier viewing when groups go out in the rain.  The back of the cage even though visitors don't see it, is just as important to the staff.

Robeta Gast is one of our volunteers with special attachment to this cage.  Through the memorial of her husband this cage was made possible.  Her staining help add some color to this cage.

One of our summer interns help paint the background to this cage.  We would like to get a Goshawk which are found in Coniferous forest.  The background was painted to look like this.  Other volunteers will help finish it by adding some depth perception and give you the idea of being in the trees at the bird's height.

Dedication for this cage happened on Nov. 9, 2007.  Roberta Gast, her daughter and husband and Roberta's neighbors, who started the memorial, were present.  The picture Roberta holds is one of her, her late husband Frank and their four children when they were young.  Roberta help with the finishing touches of the cage by touching up the "evergreens".