by simpleDesigns | Jan 5, 2010 | Raptor Center
Today was a very special day.. even better than all my other special days. It started with a up close and personal view of a Northern Hawk Owl. A bird of northern Canadian boreal forests, the Northern Hawk Owl is distinctive among owls for its morphology and...
by simpleDesigns | Jan 2, 2010 | Raptor Center
Yesterday, we took Harley out for several more test flights in preparation for his release. I heard thru the grapevine that some of the delay in his release, is due to a conversation with Harley Davidson about possibly funding a radio transmitter.
by simpleDesigns | Jan 1, 2010 | Birding
Thursday am Flight Crew – Dec 31, 2009
by simpleDesigns | Dec 31, 2009 | Birding
ONE of the highlights of my day, was helping fly a Snowy Owl at the Raptor Center. This guy came from a zoo in North Dakota for a stay at the Center where we found very little wrong with him. Today, he was taken out to the field in from of the St. Paul...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 30, 2009 | Birding
Reprinted from the Duluth News Tribune, December 19, 2009 Ben Wilson was a very happy raptor handler on Thursday. Wilson, a volunteer at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center in St. Paul, was taking photographs of Harley, the injured bald eagle, as it took flight...
