NOW I totally get it. For my **th birthday this year I treated myself to a 4 hour photo shoot of various birds of prey currently residing at the Carolina Raptor Center. These birds have been injured in one way or another and they have the best caretakers here. For $90, you reserve a morning to meet and photograph and learn about a beautiful variety of owls, falcons, hawks and more. I was smitten with every one of them, and even find myself missing them. Here are a few photos below, and more can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/laurieblue/ ... torCenter#. (I actually took over 600 photos!)