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A raptor is a bird that hunts and eats live animals
and kills with its feet. HawkQuest has eleven different raptors,
representing seven different species: A bald eagle, a golden eagle,
a peregrine falcon, a prairie falcon, a barn owl, a great-horned
owl, and five Harris' hawks.
- The bald eagle is a female born in 1988. She weighs about
13 pounds and was given to HawkQuest by the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service after being used as a lure bird at Rocky Mountain
Arsenal. She was originally found sick in Minnesota with mercury
poisoning from eating contaminated fish.
- The golden eagle is a male also born in 1988. He weighs about
8 pounds, and HawkQuest received him from a rehabilitation facility
in Idaho. He is an imprint and, therefore, not releasable.
- The peregrine falcon is a male born in 1989. He was bred in
captivity and was in a breeding project before coming to HawkQuest.
He weighs 23 ounces.
- The prairie falcon is a female born in 1981. She weighs 33
ounces and was received from a falconer.
- The barn owl is a male born in 1987. He weighs about 20 ounces
and was bred in captivity.
- The great-horned owl is a male born in 1990. He weighs about
40 ounces and came to HawkQuest from a rehabilitation center
in Pueblo.
- HawkQuest has 5 female Harris' hawks. The oldest was born
in 1980 and weighs about 40 ounces. She was bred in captivity
as were most of HawkQuest's hawks.
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