The residents of the Raptor Center are fascinating. As you walk around the facility you can feel their eyes on you, silently sizing you up as prey.
Science fun fact: Turkey vultures have developed highly acidic stomachs to kill the bacteria in carrion.
This snowy owl skull is all eyes and all beak. Check out those huge, perfectly round eye sockets.
Red-tailed hawks are incredibly adaptable and commonly seen on top of freeway lights hunting for prey. I've almost driven off the road to watch one mid-attack.
Cheetahs are fast, but not faster than a diving peregrine falcon which can reach speeds of 240 mph.
This beautiful bald eagle is one of the teaching ambassadors at the Raptor Center. The center is legally required to send all their bald eagle feathers to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado. The the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the repository in the early 1970s to support cultural traditions of Native American nations.
