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At the core of everything we do, of course, are the beautiful and dramatic raptors for which we care. Our current facilities keep our population of non-releasable birds hovering right around  thirty individuals.  This is the largest collection of indigenous working raptors in North America.

We thought you might like to meet some of the birds presently at our facility, and to learn a bit about how they come to be part of our programs.  If you would like to visit our facility to meet the birds in person, please use our Visitor Reservation  form.

As you peruse these pages, you might wonder why we don't list our birds' names like most other groups do?  Animals with names tend to convey the image of pets, and raptors are not pets or toys.  We prefer that people know the common and/or scientific names of the birds in our care. For children, this is critical in developing good thinking habits, because one of the first steps in good science is to name or classify an object properly. This is also the act of definition which is imperative to clear communications, and the appropriate understanding of the challenges faced by our wildlife resources. 

Keep checking back here, we'll add more images as time, space and photography permit!

Visiting our birds is restricted by advance reservations to REF members (Free) or non-members ($10 each). 

  Listen to some of your favorite raptors

Distribution Maps Courtesy of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
 

Crafts Gallery collectibles: Our brand new Crafts Gallery opens with truly unique ways to celebrate  the beauty of raptors for any  sincere raptorphile. Together with our new Arts Gallery, you will be seeing the finest in raptor art, brought together for you from all over the world. Visit our Raptor Collection and see what we offer.  All revenues support our environmental education and research projects.

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