My first official transport as a volunteer for the Raptor Center. In the crate is a barred owl that was flown on Northwest Airlines from Bemidji, MN and I picked it up at the airport to take back to the Raptor Center. Since it was already crated I didn't have to practice my owl wrangling skills, but it was exciting nonetheless. The nice lady at NWA Cargo was kind enough to take this photo of me. I'm all about the photo opps!

UPDATE: Found out the owl had severe eye trauma and had to be put down. :(