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Enjoy reduced admission for fun, educational Family Field Trip Saturday, Feb. 15
BOISE, Idaho – Is winter giving your family a case of cabin fever? Grab the kids and head for The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey for an affordable day of fun and educational programs...
World Center for Birds of Prey plans special activities for Scouts on Saturday, February 1
BOISE, Idaho – Scavenger hunts and other special activities for Scouts will be held at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey on Saturday, February 1. Youths and adult leaders wearing their...
New study reveals that vultures travel huge distances to seek food where there is low rainfall, high prey mortality
BOISE, Idaho ‒ African vultures are famous for quickly finding carcasses, so much so that they are considered clairvoyant in parts of Africa. But just how do vultures know where to find food across vast...
William A. Burnham Memorial Fund moves up deadline for grant applications to January 31
BOISE, Idaho – Applications for research projects funded by the William A. Burnham Memorial Fund will be accepted until January 31, 2014. The deadline has been moved up a month to allow recipients more...
Birds will take to the skies for outdoor flight demonstrations at the World Center for Birds of Prey
BOISE, Idaho – Falcons, hawks, and owls will demonstrate their impressive flying skills at outdoor flight displays at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey beginning Friday, October 4.
“Come...
Learn about the role of vultures in our environment at World Center for Birds of Prey, Saturday, Sept. 7
BOISE, Idaho – Learn about the vital role that vultures – nature’s efficient recycling and clean-up crew – play in our environment on Saturday, September 7, at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds...
Andean Condor in Ecuador is released with satellite tracking transmitter for first time
BOISE, Idaho – Wearing identification tag #1 on his wing, a young Andean Condor was released to the wild on July 23 high in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, where he has become a national symbol for the...
Public release of California Condors will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. – California condors will be released to the wild in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. The public is welcome to observe the...
Critically endangered Ridgway’s Hawk fledges from nest in Peregrine Fund recovery project in Dominican Republic
BOISE, Idaho – A 7-week-old Ridgway’s Hawk fledged from its nest on Wednesday, July 10, marking another milestone in the effort to save the critically endangered species from extinction.
The chick was...
Conservation group supported by The Peregrine Fund discovers nest of rare bird of prey in Central America
BOISE, Idaho – For the first time in more than 50 years, researchers have found a nest of one of Central America’s rarest birds of prey, raising hope that there is still time to prevent its extinction in...
