Raptor Education Foundation

Barr Lake Eagle Festival
2025-02-08 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Denver) | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
The eagles are here! This is the time of year Colorado residents and visitors can find bald eagles all over the state. One of the best places to see bald eagles just 30 minutes from downtown Denver, is Barr Lake State Park. We will be doing a special Eagle Summit for park visitors in the Nature Center. Meet both eagle species native to Colorado and learn the differences between them. Meet the bald eagle shown in the composite photo above.

Winterfest
2025-01-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Colorado
The Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places announces its 18th Annual Vail Winterfest – Night Owls. Ice carving begins Jan. 2 as Alpine Ice transforms the Gore Creek Promenade in Vail Village into a Winter wonderland. Wander through the stunning works of art during the day or at dusk when the sculptures are illuminated. Owls were chosen as this year’s theme for their majestic beauty and association with wisdom and good fortune, as well as their nocturnal navigation. Pay attention as you may even hear a few hoots during the evening hours! The exhibit officially opens Jan. 10 and is anticipated to be on display through mid-February.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2025-01-09 - 2025-01-12 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Come and join us for the largest gathering of outdoorsmen, women, and children as you attend the 2025 ISE convention at the Colorado Convention Center. Look for our live raptor display in conjunction with Colorado Park’s & Wildlife. See different raptors each day and get your questions answered about the world’s iconic avian predators.

Birds of Prey Women's Alpine Races at Beaver Creek
2024-12-14 08:00 - 2024-12-15 17:00 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
Ranked as the top destination by athletes and coaches, the Beaver Creek Stifel Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup is back with an exciting dual-weekend of men’s and women’s racing from December 6-15, 2024. Join REF’s bald eagle as she returns to the VIP area at the finish line. in Red-tail Camp.
Join us as we celebrate “Where Winter Begins” in North America with a festive BC World Cup back-to-back weekend event. This year’s event will feature live music, beer tastings, ski films, parties, sponsor activations, and much more, all taking place in the vibrant Beaver Creek Village along the lively “Birds of Prey Way.” REF has participated with these international races since the creation of the racecourse at Beaver Creek.

Birds of Prey Men's Alpine Races at Beaver Creek
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-08 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
We are pleased to join the Stifel Birds of Prey races at Beaver Creek. Ranked as the ultimate stop by athletes and coaches, the Beaver Creek Stifel Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup is a legendary highlight in the skiing world! The men’s races are followed by the women’s races the following weekend.

Colorado State Park Raptor Monitors Annual Meeting
2024-11-09 11:30 - 15:00 | Colorado Parks & Wildlife HQ, 6060 Broadway, Denver, Colorado
Once again, we join the annual meeting of Colorado’s State Park Volunteer Raptor Monitors with a special presentation to be held at the CPW Headquarters in Denver.

Colorado Raptors: Big, Bold & Beautiful
2024-10-19 09:30 - 12:30 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States

Open House
2024-05-04 10:30 - 13:00 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Our first Open House since the days of covid. Meet our new birds and other raptor lovers at Colorado’s oldest raptor sanctuary.

Barr Lake Eagle Festival
2024-02-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
Meet our female bald eagle featured in the poster above. This is the time to see bald eagles in Colorado without much effort. Barr Lake State Park is one of the best places to see lots of bald eagles in the winter.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2024-01-11 - 2024-01-14 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
We are back at Colorado’s largest outdoor enjoyment event for 2024. Our expanded booth will be located in the Colorado Outdoors Pavilion, booth #F399. Come and meet our iconic raptors, find out about or various programs and services as you enjoy your life outdoors in our wonderful state or anywhere on the planet. This show features exhibitors from all over the world featuring a wide variety of fishing, hunting, birding, adventure and exploration opportunities. And all the gear that goes with living life outdoors.

Raptor ID Class: The Who's Who of Colorado Raptors
2023-10-14 09:30 - 12:30 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States

Raptor Day At Denver Botanic Gardens
2023-04-07 10:00 - 14:30 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, Colorado, 80206
Join us for the raptor experience of a lifetime at the Denver Botanic Gardens! We’ll have live raptors in Mitchell Hall, readings of the Fidget books by the author herself in the Helen Fowler library, and a brand new 15-minute film featuring wild raptors from around Colorado and beyond in the Freyer-Newman Center auditorium.
Programs will run in 90-minute intervals with showings at 10:00, 11:30 and 1:00. Tickets include all day entry to the Gardens and exclusive visits with the raptors and Raptor Education Foundation presenters and staff.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2023-01-12 - 2023-01-15 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Join us once again at the largest sportsmen’s gathering in Colorado. Look for Colorado’s oldest raptor sanctuary along with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Raptor ID Class
2022-11-12 09:30 - 12:30 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States

Raptor Day at Denver Botanic Gardens
2022-07-22 09:30 - 14:30 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, Colorado, 80206
Join us for a fun raptor experience at Denver Botanic Gardens! We’ll have live raptors in Mitchell Hall, readings of the Fidget books in the library, and a brand new 15-minute film featuring our birds, as well as wild raptors around Colorado.
The program will run in 90-minute intervals with exclusive visits with the raptors and Raptor Education Foundation presenters.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2022-03-24 - 2022-03-27 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Join us at Colorado’s largest gathering of people who love the outdoors and spend time hunting, fishing, exploring, and birding. This year’s event follows the COVID closure of the past years and promises to be a great comeback. We will be partnering with Colorado Parks & Wildlife again so look for us in their area.

Spangled at Beaver Creek Village
2022-02-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
Meet our female bald eagle at the Fountain Stage in Beaver Creek Village for a very special President’s Day program. You will discover lots of fun facts about America’s living national symbol and how it was selected to be America’s National Bird. Meet with Colorado’s oldest raptor sanctuary staff and their seven year old female bald eagle…the same eagle making her first appearance at last year’s Birds of Prey Ski Championships! Photo opportunities after the program.

Eagle Face to Face
2022-02-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
The Black to Nature book club will meet our female bald eagle for a special President’s Day Program.

Birds of Prey Ski Championships
2021-12-03 - 2021-12-05 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
We are SO excited to announce that we will be returning to Beaver Creek this year, for resumption of the Men’s World Cup Alpine Ski Races! The event was held in Europe last year due to Covid, and everyone involved in this huge effort is excited to gather again and witness the very finest downhill ski racers from around the world compete on the Birds of Prey course.

But as the photo above reminds us, we have one member of our team that won’t be around this year. We lost Blondie on April 18th, and her passing has left an indescribable void in our lives, both personal and professional. However, we are so grateful to the Vail Valley Foundation who are going to be doing a video tribute to Blondie on Friday, December 3rd, in advance of the first day of Super G competition. After much discussion with the race organizers, all while taking new Covid protocols into account, we’ll be bringing our six-year old female bald eagle to the event. Even though she’s larger by weight and wingspan than Blondie was in her later years, she still has some big talons to fill. It goes without saying that “the world” loved Blondie; the top athletes from countries like Austria, Norway and Italy all can claim the golden eagle as a resident. But the races begin each day with the playing of the Star Spangled Banner…Anne is pumping iron and cannot wait to show off our national symbol to the world! Be sure to check out the schedule (and NBC Sports for TV coverage) at Xfinity Birds of Prey.

Fall Photo Safari
2020-10-10 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Photo by Zina Balash
This year we are combining the option to photograph flying raptors in the morning and to capture our raptors posed in natural settings during the afternoon. Our videos from previous photo safaris show you what to expect. You can book both or just one of the options to test your skills and equipment as we provide ten of our raptors for no more than 15 photographers at each session.

Raptor Education at Gaylord Resorts
2020-07-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States
As we begin to emerge out into more activities and adventures, we are glad to be part of that process with everyone at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center starting June 27 and every weekend in July except for July 4th. July 5th we will have America’s living national symbol, the Bald Eagle, at the resort along with other wonderful examples of Colorado’s wild raptor species.

Meet a Bald Eagle on the 4th of July
2020-07-04 10:30 - 11:15 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
Come to Barr Lake State Park to meet America’s living national symbol and get the back story on how, why, when, and where this little piece of history took place. Oh, you will also meet our five year old female bald eagle and learn all about her as well. She has her fully mature plumage. See her progression below thanks to the photography of Marilyn Stevens. Click on image to enlarge.

Raptor Education at Gaylord Resort
2020-06-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States
As we begin to emerge out into more activities and adventures, we are glad to be part of that process with everyone at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center beginning tomorrow and every weekend in July except for July 4th. July 5th we will have America’s living national symbol the Bald Eagle at the resort along with other wonderful examples of Colorado’s wild raptor species.

Colorado Wild at Gaylord Resorts
2020-06-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States

Bird Talk Guys
2020-05-02 12:15 - 12:30 | 710 KNUS Radio

Nature Chat
2020-04-20 13:00 - 13:30 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Continuing our partnership with the great team at HRCA Backcountry Wilderness, Anne Price, REF’s President and Curator will be joining Mark and Lindsey for another Nature Chat featuring our Swainson’s Hawk. Questions will be relayed to Anne as this live event is available to everyone via Facebook.

Color in Place
2020-04-17 - 2020-06-15 | Colorado
Enjoy learning about America’s raptors in the comfort of your home. We’ve created a coloring contest in conjunction with Colorado’s BirdTalkGuys so you can have fun with our new book, learn about raptors, and win some cool stuff. You will also help Raptor Education Foundation continue our 40 year mission and help us care for our birds.

Bird Talk Radio
2020-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 710 KNUS Radio

International Sportsmen's Expo
2020-01-09 - 2020-01-12 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Come and join us at the biggest outdoor expo for 2020 at the Colorado Convention Center. See our birds and find out what’s new. Find us in our usual spot in the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Youth Pavilion.

Book Signing and Raptor Presentation
2019-12-12 11:00 - 12:30 | WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, CO, 80026, United States
Join us at WOW! Children’s Museum for a live raptor presentation and book signing by author Anne Price. Our new coloring book, The Raptors of North America will be available for purchase.
