The venerable barn owl, or ghost owl, if you will. They will spook you in a barn if you aren’t ready for it, by the way:
Here’s a good look at a long-eared owl:
A red shouldered hawk in flight:
This Harris’s hawk was completing his first public flight. They live in the western deserts and are very social, working together — sometimes hopping on one another’s backs — to capture their prey. There is a hierarchy, much like bees and ants, about how they hunt, too. And they’re good for falconry, too:
And here’s Spirit, the bald eagle:
And a little video of these birds and more:
Check out the raptor center online.
