Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom premiered in 1963. From the peregrine falcon to the Steller's sea eagle to the great horned owl, there’s a wealth of majestic birds of prey that call our planet home—and ...
Patient No. 2025-701 didn’t know it, but it was a pretty special bird. Last week it became the 800th bald eagle to be treated, rehabilitated and released back into the wild by the Audubon Center for ...
As I turned the corner around a walled-off enclosure at a nature center in San Dimas, I didn’t anticipate all the intense, yellow eyes that would meet me on the other side. At least 22 great horned ...
She said in their 32 years of running the nonprofit that has rehabbed and saved thousands of birds, this is one of their greatest challenges. While Jane and Don are OK as they were not home when the ...
Falconry is not just a centuries-old tradition. It involves the training of birds of prey and hunting with them. Animal welfare organizations sometimes criticize it harshly. But not only falconers ...