Raptors
We went to the Cornell Lab for their Migration Celebration today. It was pretty chilly for outdoor activities, but they had lots of fun exhibits and activities inside. Outdoors, we saw a bird banding demo as well as a number of raptors up close — including E3, the offspring of Big Red and Ezra that was injured, rescued, and rehabilitated at the Lab.
Here are just a few of the others.
Golden eagle.
American kestrel.
Falcon mix.
Merlin.
Eagle owl.
Harris hawk.
Barred owl.
And a very talkative great horned owl!
There were some other raptors as well — a spectacled owl and a screech owl, and perhaps some others after we left. They are all captive birds that can’t live in the wild, but you still get a glimpse of their beauty and ferocity.
4 Comments
Margaret Mollick
So wonderful!!! Great photos and thank you for them!
AnneMarie
Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing!!!
Peggy Siegert
Under one picture you’ve written ‘falcon mix’. Please explain. Thank you.
Janet
It’s a hybrid falcon — a mix of 3 species of falcons.