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Raptor Education Foundation
Приєднався 2 вер 2017
Raptor Education Foundation videos illustrate and promote our work with raptors, their conservation and importance to ecosystems around the world. Sometimes we feature raptor videos or other wildlife to simply illustrate the sheer beauty and wonder of non-human life forms. We are the oldest and most comprehensive raptor sanctuary in Colorado with the largest collection of raptor videos in the state, and possibly in the country. We are the only raptor education organization endorsed by Roger Tory Peterson.
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Shrimping
Переглядів 25Місяць тому
If you are new to our world of raptors, you know we are sticklers about using the term raptor correctly. Many people use the term "bird of prey" interchangeably with the word "raptor". Technically, this is imprecise. This video illustrates a heron hunting prey, but with a long, dagger-like beak. Raptors have hooked beaks because they hunt with powerful feet, tipped with sharp, gripping talons. ...
Knolle Farm Nocturne
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Peter and Marie had another visit to the Knolle Farm & Ranch just outside of Corpus Christi, Texas. They spent last year's fall migration at the ranch watching thousands of raptors flying south, so this time they were there for spring activities, which corresponded nicely with the solar eclipse. The latter, however, was hidden behind heavy cloud cover, but their birding was very successful. Pet...
New Turkey Vulture
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On April 11, a HUGE hole in our hearts was filled with the arrival of only the second vulture (of any species!) in REF history. Our previous male passed away in summer 2021 at twenty years of age, and we've been searching for the right candidate to fill his rather large "shoes", so to speak. The only vulture species native to Colorado, this highly intelligent raptor has a very well-developed se...
Snack Stop
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Peter regularly commutes to the office along Highway 2 that runs along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. In winter months, spotting bald eagles is not a challenge...they're everywhere! Although this was filmed after most of Colorado's northern migrant eagles had already left to return to their breeding territories, bald eagles are still around, even in atypical places...
Hot Wind on High
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Matthew Link continues to allow REF access onto his land where the owl nest is productive once again. Last year they had three and this year, as you can see in this video and the previous issue's video, the trio is about a week or so from fledging. What a wonderful opportunity to watch them grow, and pretty soon, they will be jumping around in someone's back yard chasing bugs and anything else ...
Star K Ranch Eaglet Growing Fast
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As reported in our previous issue of Raptor Chronicles, the Star K Ranch/Morrison Nature Center nest is a success! Only one eaglet has been produced, and it's growing quickly. The parents are very attentive, and Peter has seen the female fly off from the nest and return within twenty minutes with lunch. So far, it's been prairie dogs and cottontail rabbits that he's seen delivered to the nest. ...
Largest Buteo & Smallest Falcon
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These two Colorado raptors are very far apart in size, habits, and taxonomy, but they both utilize the short-grass prairie, and the trees that manage to find enough water to grow in this arid landscape. The ferruginous hawk in the first half of the video, is the largest "buteo" or soaring hawk, in the US. They have feathers all the way down to the tops of their feet, unlike their close cousin, ...
Star K Ranch Success
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While Peter was in Nebraska visiting one of the world's largest migrations of Sandhill Cranes, he received an alert from long time REF supporter, Laura Chapman, that things were afoot at the Morrison Nature Center. Her camera lens was not sufficient to capture what was going on in the nest bowl, but her observation of behavior by the adult assured her that there was an eaglet in the nest. Upon ...
Baby Bubo Trio
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Last year we featured two great-horned owl (Bubo virginianus) nests with fuzzy families spilling out of the small nests. This year only one of the nests is active, and just like the previous year, three youngsters are visible. We'll provide regular videos of this family as the babies grow up. Make sure you visit our UA-cam channel and Facebook page!
An Electrifying Experience
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In March, we were privileged to attend a reception sponsored by KADDAS Enterprises at the Women's Business National Enterprise Council (WBENC) national conference at the Gaylord Rockies resort. The WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States and is a leading advocate for women-owned businesses in corporate and government supply chain...
Neck Nibbles
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This short video was produced from more than an hour of filming on February 22nd. This behavior happened after the pair copulated, which is shown in another video on our channel. With only the camera microphone and the gusting wind noise, it's a bit difficult to hear the constant chattering of both eagles. Note what the female (on the left) does with her foot to the male's left foot as she move...
Creating America's National Symbol
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Love is in the air at the Commerce City bald eagle nest off 112th Avenue. Both eagle species nest earlier in Colorado than smaller raptors, with the exception of the great-horned owl. In this sequence, it's pretty easy to see the difference between the male and the female bald eagle. Males in the lower 48 states range from seven to nine pounds, while females weigh approximately ten to thirteen ...
Broadmoor Eagles Bonding
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Over the course of Valentine's Day week, the pair of bald eagles nesting on the eleventh hole of the Broadmoor Golf Club spent the days re-acquainting themselves with each other. As is typical of this species, after their nesting season was completed last year, they moved off of their natal site to rest and rebuild their strength and patience for the next season of creating more bald eagles for...
Love on the Rocks
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We have started our observations of the Wildcat Mountain golden eagles, and as luck would have it in the last issue of Raptor Chronicles we reported that the pair was back together. This time, however, Peter got even luckier when he visited on February 4th and recorded the activities you will see in the video above. If this was more than just a bit of foreplay, the female should be on egg(s) by...
Eagle View Seniors Meet New Golden Eagle
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Eagle View Seniors Meet New Golden Eagle
A Common Black Hawk and the Collared Forest Falcon
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A Common Black Hawk and the Collared Forest Falcon
A Thanksgiving Tribute to America's Favorite Bird
Переглядів 1956 місяців тому
A Thanksgiving Tribute to America's Favorite Bird
Krallenstutzen ist scheisse!
Fascinating. Are you able to tell us it's story?
apologies, I read it was an imprint along with its sibling. Thank you!
I have been following this nest for about three years and was thrilled this year to see what appeared to be parental feeding of nestlings about a month ago. I always take my Sony A6000 w/70-300 lens in an effort to capture any memories that I can. It was AMAZING to see this video captured by Raptor Education Foundation that SO exceeds what I can see through my eyes and my camera lens. This video makes it simple to recognize the larger female and also just how this pair interacts with one another. It was super fun to see the eaglet spreading its wings to see just how big it has grown and to also clearly see the pin feathers on the wings. Stunning video! Thank you!
Hi it me najayla
What a fabulous example of the heron repositioning the fish so he could swallow it! Great video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
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I'm surprised the branch their on holds up and doesn't snap off, from all that weight. The nibbles were cute too!
they love the water. 🦅
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Coolest bird in the world!
I would love pet a Snowy Owl
口にルーターを当てるのは怖い😱
Wonderful, as usual. And so it continues…🎉
『アメリカ チョウゲンボウ』
WOW, beautiful close capture. Great raptors. Amazing.
Storks are not raptors, but they are birds of prey.
Super
Wow! What beauties!
Oh dear God,so magnificant,TY!!!
Nice presentor, nice eagle, nice country
Lovely footage! Peter, can you send me a link so i can edit and post on our social, promoting REF at the expo?
Everyone enjoys a good bath!
It’s The “Pure White” Snowy Owl 😊❤
Is this bird used in falconry?
It is not a typical species for falconry, however there are individuals which have been trained for programs, demonstrations, etc. in South America . Injured and orphaned birds have also been successfully rehabilitated and released using falconry techniques.
Amazing!
ok nice i wish i had a dad 😔😔😔
It's so beautiful ❤️
I've been wondering about the Star K eagles. Thanks to REF, I have the answer. Thanks, Peter!!!
That’s one happy birdie. Hey looks like they’re on the first one to comment yay.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much!!
awesome experience
Thanks for sharing this video!
Majestic, only saw a couple times in my life and their nests on telephone poles jersey shore.not talking the bar but the bird. Got any videos coming on albatross
So why can't the camera operator stay on the birds?
The report is not just about the birds...our channel has lots of pieces on various species. This is a quick tribute to the people who volunteer as raptor monitors. The volunteers are the focus.
Amazing zoom power , epic 👊🏽🤳
Great video of the burrowing owls! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing. I never saw an eagle until I moved to Washington State 24 years ago. I live 2 blocks from Green Lake Park and I once saw a pair of them in a fir tree. We are so fortunate to be able to see these beautiful creatures close up like this.
Great photos of our Golden Eagles.
Hello Anne,great video and always nice to see Eagles nesting successfully Dave Cadra
Great story about imping feathers, Anne. Of course I will be sharing this video with my birding brothers. Nicely done!
Love that music with this video.
Owls are so cute!
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So happy to see the eagles back. Sure is a lot of traffic noise and some air traffic noise!
Wow no wonder they’re such great hunters, the business end of those talons are no joke!
it opens the mouth because its scared