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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.
Owls in Ice
The Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places announces its 18th Annual Vail Winterfest - Night Owls.
Ice carving began January 2nd as Alpine Ice transformed the Gore Creek Promenade in Vail Village into a winter wonderland. You can 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. REF presented our owls at the Colorado Snowsports Museum on January 24th to an enthusiastic audience of kids and adults.
Thank you to Molly Eppard (Town of Vail) and Jen Mason, director of the Colorado Snowsports Museum!
Ice carving began January 2nd as Alpine Ice transformed the Gore Creek Promenade in Vail Village into a winter wonderland. You can 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. REF presented our owls at the Colorado Snowsports Museum on January 24th to an enthusiastic audience of kids and adults.
Thank you to Molly Eppard (Town of Vail) and Jen Mason, director of the Colorado Snowsports Museum!
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Eagle Trifecta
Переглядів 1739 годин тому
The 2025 nesting season has started for the three eagle families we've been monitoring over the past years. Our eagle challenge to our eagle-eyed monitors, is to guess which of these families will begin incubating first. Follow the instructions in the video and get your reward. Thank you for watching!
Their Faces Tell Our Story
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Our appearance at this year's International Sportsmen's Expo at the Colorado Convention Center from January 9-12th, continued our mission of putting smiles on people's faces with our raptor encounters. This video also recognizes one of our exceptional docents, Bernie Gardetto, who dedicated 20 years of service in helping us promote our message, our mission, and the magnificent raptors we are pr...
Mexican Goshawk
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Another video from Peter and Marie's visit to Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito in Jalisco, Mexico. This beautiful gray hawk shows off both adult and juvenile plumage. Thanks for your comments and if you enjoy what you are watching, please subscribe to help support Colorado's oldest raptor sanctuary.
Bald Eagle Visits Eccleston Studio
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On our second visit to Robert Eccleston's studio, we brought our seven year-old female bald eagle for Robert to reference as he continues work on the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial. Representing the heroic efforts of the coalition forces which liberated the nation of Kuwait in 1991, the centerpiece of the memorial features the national birds of the United States and Kuwait fly...
Cinnamon, yellow, and red
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Filmed on location at Rancho Primavera, El Tuito, Mexico December, 2022
Summer Remembered
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This video was filmed on July 13th and 14th, 2022. The young eagles were not quite ready to fledge. Peter thought they were about a week away from finally leaving the safety of their Broadmoor Golf Course nest and changing their patterns to living on their own. The 15 minutes this video encompasses captures many eagle behaviors. You will see the bigger sister (females are larger than males in a...
Leadership and Live Raptors
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Girl Scouts attended a ‘Raptor Expo’ learning about the importance of raptors in the ecosystem. They participated in hands-on activities at four educational stations including (1) habitat and threats (2) adaptations of raptors (3) owl pellet dissection and (4) the role of raptors in the food web. The event included a live raptor program featuring a falcon, owl, hawk, and eagle from the Raptor E...
Ringed Kingfisher
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This was filmed in late afternoon, with poor lighting conditions, but the amazing display of persistence, agility and skill displayed by the bird are simply mesmerizing! About twenty minutes elapsed from when the male ringed kingfisher first crashed into the pond, carried his prize out to the first perch, and then finally swallowed his meal. The kingfisher weighs about ten ounces and the fish m...
2024 Beaver Creek Stifel Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup
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2024 Beaver Creek Stifel Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup
Colorado Raptors: Big, Bold & Beautiful 2024
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Colorado Raptors: Big, Bold & Beautiful 2024
I have a question - I'm not sure this is the proper place to ask, so apologies if not. I live in Oregon, and I just watched to red-tails in a brilliant blue sky. The one above had its legs and talons extended - the red leg feathers were so brilliant in the sun - and it seemed to be diving at the one below. I only saw them for a few moments before they were blocked from view. Was a territorial dispute?
Were they adults? What part of the state do you live in?
The world is lucky to have REF.
Wonderful view of those talons. Thanks for this - I learned a new bird!
Who's narrating this? Jesus get a new person
Hedwig😊
Showing the eagle's wing span gets me in the feels every time. Happy New Year and my thanks and gratitude for the work you do.
Harry Potter
アメリカワシミミズク、キリッとしてかっこいい😊
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. 🦅
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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.