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 | 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...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 10, 2009 | Birding
On December 8, 2009, the Raptor Center received a call from local Hastings business man, Harry Meier, Eckhart Vacuum, 1631 Oak St. Harry reported that he had seen a downed eagle south west of town and that it did not seem right. The bird was within 50 yards of...
by simpleDesigns | Nov 26, 2009 | Birding
On Oct 22nd, Tina and I were asked to drive a barred owl to Balsam Lake, Wi for a release. On the way to Wisconsin, we received a report of a bald eagle injured in Burnet County and asked if we would drive it back to the Raptor Center. We met a volunteer...
