Owl-O-Ween
Owl-O-Ween Celebration – Come meet live owls at the Raptor Program! The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program invites everyone to our celebration of owls: our very own Owl-O-Ween! It will be …
Already Late Summer???
It’s already late summer??? Where has the year gone? 2016 has flown by in a blur of parents needing our help, education and outreach programs keeping our Educational Ambassadors on …
Osprey and Baling Twine…..a deadly combination.
We admitted a young Osprey was on 7/21 after it was found on the ground near its nest just northeast of Fort Collins,CO. The bird was emaciated and suffering from …
Avian Influenza Outbreak Forces More Changes At The RMRP.
As the current outbreak of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues its North American expansion, the RMRP has been forced to make further changes to how we operate in preparation …
21 Orphaned Great Horned owls……..now what do we do?
Baby season is in full swing and we are off to a record setting start. We have admitted 24 immature Great Horned owls (21 still in house) weighing from 140 …
RMRP Collaborates on Children’s Book
Fort Collins, COLO. – A new book is hitting the shelves in Rocky Mountain Raptor Program’s gift shop now. Animal Helpers: Raptor Programs is a photographic journal that showcases the …
The RMRP Prepares for Avian Influenza.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The Avian Influenza that is mentioned in this piece is NOT the “Asian Bird Flu” that has resulted in human illness and deaths in Asia and other …
New Admit:GHOW 15-009 Trauma
Most rescues are simple. It starts out as a phone call about a raptor that is on the ground with some sort of injury. We dispatch a rescuer. Bird comes …
New Admit: FEHA 15-003 Trauma/Lead Poisoning.
One of our newest admissions of the New Year is a stunning, adult dark morph Ferruginous hawk that was found on the ground out on the northeastern plains of Colorado …
*UPDATE-AMKE14-091UPDATE*
*UPDATE* The young male American Kestrel that was admitted on 6/26 with severe spinal trauma, was moved this past weekend to a small conditioning enclosure in our flight complex. This …