Birds of Prey in North America

drill said:
Sweet Briar Nature Center has Osprey, Long-eared owl, Great-horned owl, Barn owl, Eastern screech owl, Red-tailed hawk, Bald eagle, Black vulture, and turkey vulture
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When did you see the Long-eared Owl? I went in late July and all I saw were many, many Great Horned Owls. No sign for it anymore, either.

Other BOPs I saw not on your list was Barred Owl, Harris Hawk and American Kestrel.
 
Roger Williams Park Zoo now keeps American black vulture and turkey vulture

Big Bear Alpine Zoo keeps bald eagle, golden eagle, red-tailed hawk, and turkey vulture

Upper Schuylkill Valley Park keeps bald eagle and red-tailed hawk

California Living Museum keeps golden eagle, ferruginous hawk, and turkey vulture

Sequoia Park Zoo keeps bald eagle

The Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center keeps bald eagle and red-tailed hawk
 
At Hawk Creek Wildlife Center today, I saw:
- Bald Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Saker Falcon
- Osprey
- Turkey Vulture

Signed, but not seen were:
- Red Shouldered Hawk
- Bateuleur
- Verraux's Eagle
- Short Toed Snake Eagle
- Egyptian Vulture
- Harris' Hawk

I have to say, if I was able to choose which half of these species I managed to see on my visit, I'm fairly certain 2/3 of them would be amongst the no-shows. Still an impressive collection nonetheless and I did get at least a few new, rare lifers in the Osprey and Martial Eagle. Oh well, I guess this just gives me an excuse to return!
 
I posted a species list a couple of weeks ago for Audubon Center For Birds Of Prey which is relevant to this thread (click here).

The following BOP species are kept at Treasure Coast Wildlife Center:
  • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
  • Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
  • Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi)
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
  • Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
  • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
  • Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
  • Barred Owl (Strix varia)
 
The Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium, and Safari Park keeps Turkey Vulture, King Vulture, Andean Condor, and Red-Tailed Hawk.
They also had an African Fish Eagle a while back.
 
Smaggledagle said:
Linked it in both the toledo and st Augustine alligator farm threads
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Ah I see. The one post has it and the other doesn't, that's where the confusion was drawing from. Interesting however that today's post from St. Augustine only says they have two species of vulture and there's no White-headed visible in the video that I can tell.
 
Several nature centers in Northeast Ohio have captive birds of prey- North Chagrin Nature Center in Mayfield Village, Lake Metroparks Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center in Kirtland and Lake Erie Nature and Science Center in Bay Village. Also Ohio Bird Sanctuary in Mansfield.
 
CleZooMan said:
Several nature centers in Northeast Ohio have captive birds of prey- North Chagrin Nature Center in Mayfield Village, Lake Metroparks Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center in Kirtland and Lake Erie Nature and Science Center in Bay Village. Also Ohio Bird Sanctuary in Mansfield.
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What birds of prey are at each facility?
 
Smaggledagle said:
What birds of prey are at each facility?
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North Chagrin Nature Center- barred owl, eastern screech owl, great horned owl

Lake Erie Nature and Science Center- bald eagle, barred owl, eastern screech owl, great horned owl, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk

Lake Metroparks Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center- bald eagle, peregrine falcon, American kestrel, great horned owl, short-eared owl, barred owl, eastern screech owl, rough-legged hawk, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, broad-winged hawk
 
Smaggledagle said:
It wasn't mentioned in this thread so I added it in for everyone's sake.
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There's lots of things I find that never are posted here until I update things, stuff like that is a regular situation. Also the two vultures are among the commonest captive raptors here as well as easiest to see in the wild, so it's not specially interesting either.

Smaggledagle said:
Also I don't see how the 2nd part is a problem.
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It is rude to spread information around from someone's species list they just posted. They can post it themselves if they so wish, and many do. Some people may not care whether it's spread immediately by others, and that's fine, others would find it very rude. Waiting a couple days to give them a chance to do so if they wish would be the nice thing to do. Not everyone cares to add everywhere and so after a couple days of its posting I have no problems with said sharing.
 
I'd also like to mention that simply saying "according to @ whoever" isn't exactly a great way to provide a source. You and @ whoever may know where X was said, but few other people would. Was it in a post on the forum, was it in a pm, did they tell you in person? Even if it was obvious today where X was posted, in a couple of months' time what does "according to @ whoever" mean? Nothing, because there is no source given to easily check what was actually said about X. The very least a person should be providing is a link to the post where the information was given.
 
Reptile Gardens: bald eagle, yellow-headed vulture, king vulture
Audubon RI Nature Center and Aquarium: red-tailed hawk*
Ecomuseum Zoo: bald eagle, golden eagle, red-tailed hawk
Niabi Zoo: bald eagle

*Animal is used as an educational animal and not on exhibit.
 
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