Birds of Prey
In addition to a bald and golden eagle, CCEEC houses and displays a variety of non-releasable raptors. The list of residents includes: screech owl, great-horned owl, red-tail hawk, broad-winged hawk, American kestrel, barred owl, and – a species that nests north of the Arctic Circle – rough-legged hawk.


 
Did You Know?
Birds of Prey Facts

Owls have 15 neck bones. Humans and all other mammals (including Giraffes) only have 7!

The fastest animal on earth is the Peregrine Falcon. Cheetahs can run faster than 60 mph., but the Peregrine has been clocked at over 240 mph!
 
It takes a year or more for a Red Tail hawk to grow red tail feathers.
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