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| Roaring Brook's Birds of Prey | ||
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Roaring Brook Nature Center is proud to house numerous beautiful birds of prey in our outdoor raptor enclosure. To meet our birds, click on the following links: (To meet our birds, click on their names. For fact sheets on these birds, click here.) Our mission is to protect these birds and to provide them with humane and enriching lives. Birds of prey can live in captivity for many years, and, as caretakers, we need to have the necessary environment and medical attention to support their survival. Please consider being a part of something very special and lend your support to these wondrous creatures. We invite you to join our Adopt a Raptor Program or to donate items that are needed for the birds' care. |
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| Meet Our Birds | ||
| Most of the raptors at the Nature Center were hit by cars. Raptor often hunt along roadways, particularly during the winter months as plowed roads provide greater visibility when hunting prey. These birds are treated at the Nature Center or are sent to licensed raptor rehabilitators for care in hopes that they can recover sufficiently to be released. | ||
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Red-tailed Hawks Ralph,a red-tailed hawk, is a long-time resident at the Nature Center, having arrived in 1991. Struck by a car, Ralph was found near East Mountain Road in Canton. Due to permanent wing damage, Ralph cannot be released. To learn more about red-tailed hawks, click here and here.
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Formerly known as "Tom", and now correctly called "Tomasina," our turkey vulture is a social bird. She happily shares accommodations with Shawnee, the bald eagle, who tolerates her presence. She is an intelligent bird will solve "puzzles" placed in her enclosure. Tomasina was hit by a car in the Farmington Valley and is missing part of her left wing. She has been with us since 2001. For interesting facts on these birds, click here and here. |
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Barred Owls Strix varia Harry and Cubby are barred owls, our most common large owl. Harry was hit by a car in December 2010. Cubby flew into a glass door as a fledgling in July 2011. Both birds sustained eye injuries that prevented their return to the wild. Listen for the "who cooks for you" calls of barred owls in our woodlands. There are several pairs of barred owls nesting in Werner's Woods and along the Onion Mountain ridge. To learn more about barred owls, click here. |
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Saw-whet Owl
Our smallest Connecticut owl, saw-whet owls are more often encountered in winter when numbers may be pushed south into southern New England in search of food. Their small size makes detection difficult. There are records of nesting saw-whets in northwestern Connecticut. Nutmeg, our saw-whet, was hit by a car in Harwinton and has been at the Nature Center since Fall 2012. To learn more about saw-whet owls, click here and here. |
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Help support our raptors by "adopting" them for yourself or a friend. Donation Catagories: $100 per year Receive an up-close experience with your adoptee, a personal tour of Raptor Central, and one year's free admission for two to the Nature Center, as well as other benefits listed below. $75 per year Receive an up-close experience with your adoptee and a personal tour of Raptor Central, as well as other benefits listed below. $50 per year All categories include an adoption certificate, protrait of "your" bird, their story, species information, and seasonal updates from Raptor Central. For an Adopt-a-Raptor form, click here or call the Nature Center at 693-0263 to learn more. |
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