Birds

Raptors

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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.

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Here are just a few of the others.

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Golden eagle.

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American kestrel.

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Falcon mix.

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Merlin.

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Eagle owl.

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Harris hawk.

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Barred owl.

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And a very talkative great horned owl!

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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.

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