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IT’S BABY SEASON AT THE OJAI RAPTOR CENTER!
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THIS IS OUR BUSIEST, MOST EXPENSIVE TIME OF THE YEAR.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
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Last year ORC successfully RAISED AND RELEASED 421 babies!
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That number included:
147 Barn Owls
97 Songbirds
32 Hummingbirds
22 Red-shouldered Hawks
21 Opossums
19 Great Horned Owls
16 Red-tailed Hawks
15 American Kestrels
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Baby Red-tailed Hawk |
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One baby Barn Owl will eat 10 mice each day!
Feeding and housing baby birds requires significant resources. Add these to the other 600 birds and animals, from throughout Southern California, that came through ORC's doors in 2006, and you can understand why we are asking for your help.
In addition, ORC is beginning to clean up and construct aviaries on a site which will become our central Rehabilitation facility. We hope to have the aviaries ready by the time this year's orphaned babies are learning to fly and care for themselves, before being released.
The Ojai Raptor Center is a 501(c)( 3) non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wildlife. We also provide environmental education to children and adults in our community. ORC is staffed entirely by volunteers and supported solely by your generous donations. All donations are tax deductible.
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You can help in several ways. We accept donations via cash, personal check, credit card, and Pay Pal (available through our Raptor Store shopping cart for your convenience). You may also sponsor a baby, or shop for ORC T-shirts and calendars at the Raptor Store.
We hope you enjoy these pictures of some of our recent arrivals.
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Left - Luna a resident adult Great Horned Owl fosters this orphaned baby.
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Left - ORC received this orphaned baby Barn Owl recently.
Right - Peek-a-boo Barnie |
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And don't forget the baby opposums!
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ORC End-of-Year Report - 2006
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Read the Ojai Raptor Center Summary of Intakes for 2006. It crunches all the numbers for you in an easy-to-read report about the different species of wildlife that came to ORC over the past year.
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PEREGRINE FALCON |
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The beautiful 2007 Raptor Photo calendars are still available. Visit the ORC Raptor Store today!
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