CAROLINA RAPTOR CENTER: 9/27/19
This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, North Carolina during my visit on 9-27-19. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit, and using the map going in a roughly clockwise direction from the zoo entrance. All the exhibits are small-to-medium-sized wood-and-wire aviaries, mostly occurring one at a time along the snaking visitor path in the forest. Their shapes are not standardized but rectangular and hexagonal ones dominate. All the exhibits contain 1 species in each except where noted.
Peregrine Falcon (in an exhibit seen before entering the admissions building)
American Kestral
Black-billed Magpie (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
American Crow (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
Common Raven (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
Crested Caracara
Saker Falcon
Spectacled Owl
Merlin
Common Kestral
Peregrine Falcon
Harris' Hawk
Eastern Screech Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Swainson's Hawk (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Broad-winged Hawk (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Laughing Kookaburra (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Lanner Falcon (unsigned) (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Common Raven (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Red-tailed Hawk
Auger Buzzard AND Turkey Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Lesser Yellow Headed Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Turkey Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Black Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
King Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Northern Harrier
Empty (construction)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Horned Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Barn Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Chaco Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Barred Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Golden Eagle (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
SUMMARY:
By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Carolina Raptor Center is: 35
By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits with identification signs is: 30
The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories:
Mammals: 0
Birds: 30
Reptiles: 0
Amphibians: 0
Fish: 0
Invertebrates: 0
This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, North Carolina during my visit on 9-27-19. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit, and using the map going in a roughly clockwise direction from the zoo entrance. All the exhibits are small-to-medium-sized wood-and-wire aviaries, mostly occurring one at a time along the snaking visitor path in the forest. Their shapes are not standardized but rectangular and hexagonal ones dominate. All the exhibits contain 1 species in each except where noted.
Peregrine Falcon (in an exhibit seen before entering the admissions building)
American Kestral
Black-billed Magpie (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
American Crow (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
Common Raven (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Family Corvidae')
Crested Caracara
Saker Falcon
Spectacled Owl
Merlin
Common Kestral
Peregrine Falcon
Harris' Hawk
Eastern Screech Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Swainson's Hawk (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Broad-winged Hawk (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Laughing Kookaburra (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Lanner Falcon (unsigned) (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Common Raven (in an exhibit cluster titled 'The Condo')
Red-tailed Hawk
Auger Buzzard AND Turkey Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Lesser Yellow Headed Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Turkey Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Black Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
King Vulture (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Vulture Culture')
Northern Harrier
Empty (construction)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Horned Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Barn Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Chaco Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Barred Owl (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
Golden Eagle (in an exhibit cluster titled 'Owl Forest')
SUMMARY:
By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Carolina Raptor Center is: 35
By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits with identification signs is: 30
The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories:
Mammals: 0
Birds: 30
Reptiles: 0
Amphibians: 0
Fish: 0
Invertebrates: 0
