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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. Besides our educational programs, we also have a wide variety of consulting services that provide natural solutions for challenges arising from the intersection of the wild-world and civilization's demands on natural resources. 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. Established in 1980.
Return to Rancho Primavera, 2024
Another year end visit to a birding destination hot-spot, Rancho Primavera located a little more than an hour south of Puerto Vallarta just a few minutes from the tiny town of El Tuito. Here you will find yourself on an old cattle ranch that has been slowly transitioned into a bird sanctuary. Stay tuned as more videos appear.
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Quebec Street Hunter
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Opportunities to observe apex predators in busy urban environments might seem impossible, but our video illustrates how raptors adapt when other options aren't available. Enjoy!
Roadside Red-Tail Trio
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Finding red-tailed hawks in Colorado during the winter months is easy. They're everywhere, as this video illustrates. Colorado's most common winter Buteo can be found in the steel, concrete, and glass canyons of Denver, as well as the surrounding suburbs, industrial areas, and especially along highways and connecting roads. Drive carefully while looking closely and you'll see them. Enjoy!
Trainspotting
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Spotting bald eagles in Colorado is getting easier by the day. This youngster was perched in a very busy and noisy location along Highway 2 in Colorado. Watch as the big bird is taking everything in that is happening on both sides of his or her perch.
Sunny & Cold 2024
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Thanksgiving day is fast approaching. Here's another short acknowledgement of our sincere appreciation for supporting Colorado's oldest raptor sanctuary as we enter our 45th year. =Enjoy!
Red-Tail on Point
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When looking for raptors, such as the common red-tailed hawk, sometimes it can be more productive in the long run to look for raptor graffiti. Once you've found it, and depending on how much you find in one location, you can be assured that you have discovered a local territory for a raptor. This video brings the point home at the intersection of art and nature. Enjoy, and please subscribe to o...
Election Day Guardians
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On election day 2024, Peter visited the Commerce City bald eagle nest which we're featuring on a regular basis on this channel. He dropped in to see if the mated pair had returned from their summer sojourns and he got lucky. The pair were perched not far from their nest enjoying the mid-day sun. Stay tuned as we continue covering this nest for the 2025 nesting season.
Colorado Eagle Families
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Spend some time watching two of Colorado's eagle families (bald and golden) during the 2023 nesting season. Enjoy this video diary as the 2025 nesting season approaches. Stay tuned, and please became a subscriber by clicking on our logo on the lower right side of the screen. Established in 1980, we are Colorado's oldest raptor sanctuary.
Colorado Raptors: Big, Bold & Beautiful 2024
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Raptorphiles were treated to our annual intensive raptor identification class on October 19th at Barr Lake State Park. Karen Metz, long-term raptor conservationist and monitor, joined Anne Price and the REF docent corps to deliver a three-hour class featuring Karen's excellent slides and twelve of REF's non-releasable raptors. For the first time, participants were able to view side-by-side, the...
A Very Rare Red-tailed Hawk
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Back to more from the Knolle Farm & Ranch visit early October, 2024 where we heard about a white hawk not too far from the ranch. As luck would have it, on the morning of the day we were leaving, we took one last trip down an old barely paved road that borders the ranch and came across this stunning white bird. At first it almost looked like a snowy owl parked on the post. Using the full 1365mm...
The Strange Falcon
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This is another video from our early October, 2024 visit to the Knolle Farm & Ranch property near Corpus Christie, Texas. Stay tuned for at least one more that features a stunning view of a very rare Buteo.
Rapid Red Tails
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Watching this pair of red-tailed hawks for almost 30 minutes, I decided that during editing I would speed things up a bit. To be exact the playback was speeded up 4 times faster than normal. Thanks for watching and please click on our logo to subscribe to our raptor channel.
Knolle Farm & Ranch Peregrine
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Forty minutes north of Padre Island, the Knolle Farm & Ranch is a beautiful birding oasis. Peregrine falcons are one of many migratory species which stop over for a visit as they travel south to Mexico and sometimes all the way down to Chile. Stay tuned for a few more videos from our third visit to Corpus Christi, Texas. Thanks to Beth, Steve, and Sandy for their generous hospitality, but most ...
Horizontal Hawk
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Look carefully at the behavior of this young Swainson's Hawk and be the first to send your description of what is going on to our office. The winner will receive one of the prizes listed at the end of the video. Email address: info@usaref.org Good Luck! As of 11/1/24 we have a winner. Please hold further submissions. Winner will be announced in our next Raptor Chronicles issue. Thank you!
Wildcat Golden Eagles Are Back!
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For those of you following the golden eagles at Wildcat Mountain in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, this past breeding season disappointed many of us when they abandoned their nesting activities. The pair then appeared to leave the immediate area of the nest and cliffs. However, we've got some very good news to share...enjoy!
Commerce City Balds, July 3rd and 4th Visit
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Commerce City Balds, July 3rd and 4th Visit
Northglenn Thornton Westminster Water Festival 2024
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Northglenn Thornton Westminster Water Festival 2024
Cette chouette blanche est magnifique 👌😍 c'est pour moi le plus bel oiseau qui existe 🥰❤️🥰 j'ai la même, blanche, mais en peluche 😢 🦉mon ardent désir serait d'en sauver le ➕ possible, il y en a tellement qui tombent sous les tirs des chasseurs 🥺😭💔 je HAIS la CHASSE et ces meurtriers 😡🤬...
I love snow owls,they are just gorgeous!❤❤
Мучители на ножку и удас!!! Фу-фу-фу!!!
What a beautiful eyes!
Amazing!
1:39 looks like he has a mustash lol
I think you did a great job capturing that beautiful hawk. Thanks for sharing and reminding people about the harm that humans are causing birds and how we can reduce our impact
Do they keep adding to their nests, assuming they use the same spot every year? Can the nest ever get too big for the tree?
I was worried about the hawk as soon as I saw him land. I wish they didn't have to adapt to us but I'm glad they do. They have so much to contend with.
Is the tag to track migration patterns? I had my class in the late 80s. Thanks for the mini-refresher course!
Banding birds is used for a variety of different goals, and yes, one of them is to be able to look at migration or dispersal patterns.
@@RaptorEducationFoundation Thanks for the reply. 🦅
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful! Who was his “companion.” What are the water sources along the front range?
The closest "water sources" to this location are numerous gravel pits that have been filled with water, Barr Lake, and the Platte River. There are also a number of irrigation canals that cross the area. Not sure what your mean when you say "his companion."
@@RaptorEducationFoundation Sorry! There's a small bird to the left of the bald eagle in the long shots. I thought it was very brave, but then I remembered balds don't generally go for birds, I think. Are the gravel pits stocked with fish?
@@Pollyfish probably a starling, and some of the gravel pits are stocked with fish, but lots of water fowl hang out on all the water bodies, and bald eagles also go for rabbits, prairie dogs, and they scavenge a lot! The little bird would be too quick for the bald to catch anyway.
@@RaptorEducationFoundation I forgot balds will take waterfowl! Thanks for reminder and for the rest of your reply.
it's so calm! other owls seem to HATE getting their talons and beaks filed
That is an impressive zoom lens .... Nikon? Canon? which lens?
Canon, PowerShot SX 60 HS, and SX 70, the latter shoots 4K, while the former shoots SD and HD
Such a pleasure to watch Peter’s excellent footage. Better than yoga!
What a video! I love how the parentals are so involved and yet, on the edge...just beautiful
A perfect start to my day. I was a volunteer at REF in the 80s and consider it to be a highlight of my life. Is that the female on the left or can you tell at this distance. The one on the left looks larger to me.
I believe you are correct as to the sex.
Just Beautiful...No words... Only Love and Prayers..
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Wow, this is only the 2nd one I've ever seen. Awesome find! 🤍 Thanks for sharing.
The sound is atrocious...could have been a good video.
No direct microphone on either of the speakers...agree with your comment. thank you.
This brought back memories of when I took the class - I think in the 80s. I still have my glove and certificate. What marvelous, important work your organization does. 🦅
No los tengan de mascota
Nice owl 🦉🦉🦉🦉 cute 😊😊😊😊mark
❤Beautiful!
Beautiful ❤️
its bopping to the music
Thank you so much. It’s lovely to start my day with this video.
!!👍💙💙💙💙
From The Pure White Plumage, I Can Tell It’s Male
It kind of looks like the owl from Harry Potter 🦉
Nice description, right on the money. The photography is not bad either. 😎🎥👍
I live this! I'm in Denver and a birds of prey/raptor (slightly to extremely biased in favor of the Peregrine Falcon being the coolest animal on our planet) and I just now, today, found your amazing channel. If you're ever looking for someone to mentor, I'm right here lol!!
Thank you for your note. A great place to start learning is on our UA-cam channel. Enjoy!
Pretty weird looking cat
so cool!!!!!!!!!
I’ve actually heard Bald Eagles sneeze on the many live streams of nest cams. They make a quick puff of air and a brief “choo” sound. So yeah, the sneezing is similar to us, but not quite the same!
Much new information that I did not know. I thought that once they left the nest it was a done deal. It makes perfect survival sense to go back to where food was regularly provided. And the eagle parent, needing for the juvenile to hunt on its own, has to provide what we human’s call “tough love”. Very enjoyable video, but the narration makes a big difference in understanding what has happened before to provide context to what the viewer is seeing.
Laura, thanks for the comments! Did you catch the sneeze?
@@RaptorEducationFoundation Yes, I think I did. It was towards the beginning of the video. I guess I was just more interested to find that juvenile had already left the nest and came back. I know not to compare their behavior to humans, however, I find the similarities interesting.
@@laurachapman1829 Sneeze was almost at the end of the video....
@@RaptorEducationFoundation My brother found it before I did. Now I recognize when it happened.
He is amazing. Such soulful eyes. Thank you for all you do for these angels
Anatomically perfect specimen.
A comment from my younger brother who has both a Bachelors degree in Biology and a Master’s in Geology, “Biggest ah-ha is the power of the lens to capture this documentary. Never would know this was happening. Very cool!"
Wow is this this year? Only saw one of the adults on the tree after a few visits this season. Glorious!
STUNNING!!!!!!!!! I had been looking for #7 and didn’t see it. A good friend had to notify me that it was there this evening. Preening in the wind and was a glorious view. The feathers are amazing. Powerful music fitting perfectly for the video. Thanks!
Thank you so much for posting these videos. They make my day! Back in 1989 and 1990, I had the fortunate opportunity to be a member of CDOW’s (now CPW) Peregrine Falcon Recovery Team, more affectionately known as “Jerry’s Kids”, named after Jerry Craig, one of the main people responsible for the recovery of the peregrine in Colorado. As part of the job, we surveyed known and potential nesting sites throughout the state, then banded the young. Some of us were then also assigned to hacking out 5 infant peregrines at different sites around the state. I was assigned to a site near Buena Vista, but had the opportunity to go to several other hack sites including LoDo. So, to see these birds brings things full circle. Currently work in LoDo and in the past I have spotted peregrines zipping by my 15th floor office window, but I have passed them off as passage birds mainly due to the time of years, but with this new info, you can bet that I will start taking walks with my binoculars and maybe even a spotting scope. You’ll know it's me because I will have a big smile on my face. Thanks again!
Ah ha!!! I was hoping for a chapter six. Lovely to see those falcons fly around my old office building at Denver Place. I used to work on the 33rd floor. Don’t know if that building still has that name but this video was delightful! Thanks, REF.
God can I have one male one female
Beautiful!
nice
It’s thrilling watching Nature adapting. Incredible footage. Thanks!