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This past year was a challenging one for many. Despite the struggles environmental organizations faced this year, our team managed to celebrate anniversaries, expand our programs, conserve more raptors, and educate more learners than ever before. As we close out 2025, we hope you’ll take a minute to celebrate all the success we’ve shared together […]

Honk.. honk honk honk. I like to start my day with a few low honks to wake up and wake up all my birdy neighbors. I don’t know that there will be much to do today, but every day seems a little different, and also the same at the same time. I don’t know what

Many people meet our biologists or field technicians and say, “Wow! What an incredible job you have! How did you get into this field?” While there is no one correct way when it comes to working in the field of raptor research, here is some general advice for breaking into the field. I’ll give a

A “lifer” in the bird world is any bird that you’ve identified for the first time. Some people are listers, featured à la the recent documentary by Owen and Quentin Reiser, who collect new birds like Pokémon. Everyone has different criteria for what makes their list, such as only counting birds they’ve seen, while others

This summer, we welcomed Liggy the American Kestrel to our team of Raptor Ambassadors. Liggy arrived at a local wildlife rehabilitation center already deeply imprinted. She had no fear of humans and happily hopped onto a hand without hesitating. This was most likely due to humans keeping her in their home for an extended period