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Link above is their website. Located in East Aurora, New York, this appears to be a combination of wildlife rehabilitation center and wildlife education center (with ambassador animals). The animal collection is largely comprised of two categories: birds (mostly raptors) and small cats. I was made aware of them recently by a friend from Fishing Cat Conservancy who visited and got hands on with a very tame one year old fishing cat.
 
Hawk Creek recently moved to a new larger facility and it is still a work in progress. It is a rehabilitation which uses its outreach programs and wild cat collection to help with fundraising. they are not open to the public but they do have tours and several fundraiser on their grounds that are open to the public. The biggest one is a Renaissance festival. I have not been to their location but did have 3 of their owls at my wedding. (Eurasian Eagle, Spectacled , East Screech)
 
If @Arizona Docent or anyone else is still interested in seeing photos of this facility, I visited today and posted some photos of the animals and exhibits in the zoochat gallery. Overall, it's a decent small facility, but not something I'd recommend going out of your way to see. Only about half of their collection was visible so that was a disappointment, but irregardless they do have some rare small cats and birds of prey at this unique specialist collection.
 
Neil chace said:
If @Arizona Docent or anyone else is still interested in seeing photos of this facility, I visited today and posted some photos of the animals and exhibits in the zoochat gallery. Overall, it's a decent small facility, but not something I'd recommend going out of your way to see. Only about half of their collection was visible so that was a disappointment, but irregardless they do have some rare small cats and birds of prey at this unique specialist collection.
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Do you know if only seeing half the species is typical for all events, or just the event you went to?
 
TinoPup said:
Do you know if only seeing half the species is typical for all events, or just the event you went to?
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I don't know. I was there on just one of their open admission days, not a bigger event. I'd expect events would have higher visibility- but that's just a guess on my part. I also would've expected them to prioritize all the species being on exhibit anyways since they're only open a few times a month.
 
Neil chace said:
I don't know. I was there on just one of their open admission days, not a bigger event. I'd expect events would have higher visibility- but that's just a guess on my part. I also would've expected them to prioritize all the species being on exhibit anyways since they're only open a few times a month.
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I forgot they were back to doing a few regular admission days, instead of just being open on event days. That's still really disappointing, for a facility that doesn't have many species anyway!
 
TinoPup said:
I forgot they were back to doing a few regular admission days, instead of just being open on event days. That's still really disappointing, for a facility that doesn't have many species anyway!
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Agreed. Some of them I'm not sure whether they were off-exhibit or a no-show, but some were certainly off exhibit. I overheard one of the staffers mentioning they had a few of the birds on a program today, which I suppose makes sense for being an educational facility, but a disappointment for that on one of the only days they're open of the month.
 
Neil chace said:
Agreed. Some of them I'm not sure whether they were off-exhibit or a no-show, but some were certainly no shows. I overheard one of the staffers mentioning they had a few of the birds on a program today, which I suppose makes sense for being an educational facility, but a disappointment for that on one of the only days they're open of the month.
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Yeah, if I was visiting I would expect them to not be doing programs on the few days they are open. Especially with many of their species being rare, making them a big draw.
 
Neil chace said:
If @Arizona Docent or anyone else is still interested in seeing photos of this facility, I visited today and posted some photos of the animals and exhibits in the zoochat gallery. Overall, it's a decent small facility, but not something I'd recommend going out of your way to see. Only about half of their collection was visible so that was a disappointment, but irregardless they do have some rare small cats and birds of prey at this unique specialist collection.
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You're so lucky getting to see the Martial Eagle. Do they still keep Verreaux's Eagle?
 
2022 News:

On April 29th, the center announced that they acquired a (0.1) black-footed cat named Pedra from a facility in California.

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On June 10th, the center announced they acquired a (1.0) southern three-banded armadillo named Wilson.

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On August 24th, the center announced that their (0.1) golden eagle named Apache has joined the animal ambassador program.

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On October 18th, it was announced that a (1.0) Von Der Decken's hornbill named Zulu was transferred to the North Florida Wildlife Center in Florida.

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They now have a gorgeous Black-chested Buzzard-eagle.
Hawk Creek Wildlife Center on Instagram: "Introducing Hawk Creek's newest eagle! Known by many names, this species is called the Black-chested Buzzard-eagle, Chilean Blue Eagle, Patagonian Eagle or Gray Buzzard Eagle - but here at Hawk Creek we call him Cruz! We are honored to introduce the community to this beautiful, understudied bird native to the elevated open areas of South America. These birds spend most of their day cruising the skies searching for prey such as degus and invasive European hares. This opportunity was made possible through our partnership with leading eagle conservationists at Sia in Oklahoma. Through this partnership Hawk Creek supports various eagle conservation programs globally and is able to share eagle species with the community that people can rarely observe in the U.S. including Jara the Short-toed Snake Eagle and Onyx the Verreaux's Eagle. Global Eagle Conservationist Waha Thuweeka a.k.a. William "Two-Raven" Voelker of Sia, the Comanche Ethno-Ornithological Initiative will be joining us to talk all things eagle conservation at our Wild Earth event on 5/13!"
 
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