Rosie, Ojai Raptor Center’s Red-tailed Hawk ambassador

 Outreach Education

Interested in having ORC educators come to your classroom or group? Read about our current off site educational programs here.

Traveling Talons Program

Have ORC visit your classroom or group for this 60 minute, NGSS aligned lesson for grades 4-8 that features bio facts, or taxidermy wings, talons, and other specimens, for a fascinating tactile educational experience. Students will have the opportunity to handle different bio facts at multiple stations to learn through observation and inquiry….read more

Schoolyard Habitat & Birds

Ojai Raptor Center has partnered with USFWS for their local Schoolyard Habitat project for over ten years by providing educational programs connecting native habitat, birds and people. Contact our education program manager for more information in setting up a Native Birds + Habitat Connections programs if your school participates in a schoolyard habitat project. Click here for the USFWS guide on creating a schoolyard habitat.

Ojai Raptor Center’s Education Programs are supported by

“Thank you! Your presentations fill the students with knowledge, wonder, curiosity and yes passion to do what they can to protect their local raptors”

— Fish & Wildlife Biologist, Outreach and Education Coordinator