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California Condor California Condor North America's largest flying land bird Despite our efforts to recover this critically endangered species through captive breeding, release, and monitoring, preventable lead poisoning stands in the way. But like these …

Burnham Fund Results courtesy of The Peregrine Fund Burnham Fund Winners Abstracts of winning applicants Jump to Year: 2025          2024          2023 2022          2021          2020 2025 Anna Connington Relationships between Weather, Raptor Migration, …

Western Screech-owl Western Screech-owl Megascops kennicotti Population status: Least Concern Body length: 8–9 in (20–22 cm) Wingspan: 20 in (50.8 cm) Weight: 4–9 oz (113–255 g) Heather Morris Did you know? Screech-owls are among the most common owls in …

Daily Programs Daily Programs at the World Center for Birds of Prey Live Bird Encounter Times 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm   Winter Hours of Operation December - February Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -  Last entry and trail closes at 3:15 pm   …

Ridgway's Hawk Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi Population status: Critically Endangered Body length: 14–16 inches (35–41 cm) Wingspan: 20–26 inches (50–66 cm) Weight: 11–14 ounces (286–450g) David Anderson Did you know? The Ridgway's Hawk was once …

Short-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Population status: Least Concern Body length: 15 in (38cm) Wingspan: 3-3.5 ft (1m) Weight: 7-17 oz (198-481g) Nick Dean Did You Know? Short-eared Owls are quite skilled at finding areas that have very high …

Ridgway's Hawk Project Environmental Education Environmental Education Join us in Saving Ridgway's Hawks In order to change behavior, it is necessary to understand what drives that behavior. One of the main threats facing the Ridgway’s Hawk—and other …

Raptor High Jessica Gordon Raptor High The Peregrine Fund's Summer Youth Volunteer Program The Raptor High program supports students as they learn professional skills while teaching concepts of raptor biology and ecology, and sharing inspiring stories of …

Ridgway's Hawk Project Meet our Team Carlos Suárez Meet Our Team Join us in Saving Ridgway's Hawks Our team is made up of 29 biologists, 28 of which are from the Dominican Republic, working to conserve Ridgway's Hawks in the same communities they …

Year-End 2025 Lily-Arison René de Roland Double Your Impact! Your tax-deductible year-end gift will be MATCHED, dollar for dollar, for raptor conservation …