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Conserve | Inspire | Protect Raptors are some of the worlds most incredible aerial predators.
At PNWR we strive to learn as much as we can about them, and share that information with everyone we can. We hope this will help raise awareness of their importance and value in the environment, help to promote conservation, and ultimately help to preserve our natural wildlife!
It was a weekend fit for royalty! ⚔️
We want to extend the biggest thank you to everyone who came out for Medieval Knights this past weekend! 🏰 We are so grateful for all our volunteers, vendors, staff and more who came out to make this event such a success!
Stay tuned in the coming months for an announcement on dates for 2027 Medieval Knights! 🌙
Come fly Arktos! 🦉
Arktos is one of our fantastic Great Horned Owls you may meet while visiting our facility. Join us on an early morning session and see the fun visitor that joined us 👀
Did you know, the first Saturday in September is International Vulture Awareness Day? ☀️
September 5th is a very important day! Vultures play an incredibly important role in a healthy ecosystem and deserve to be celebrated. ❤️
The goal of International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) is to highlight the ecological importance of vultures, all while promoting their conservation worldwide. Vultures are facing a global crisis and need our help for a chance of recovery.
On September 5th at our centre, we will have vulture themed talks and displays bringing awareness to the plight of vultures. We hope to see you there! 🖤❤️
Go Gunnar! 💨
Falcons as a whole are some of the fastest animals on our planet! They work hard to gain height to stoop down towards their prey, hitting it so hard they knock their prey out on contact.
Gunnar demonstrating how the falcons work hard to gain this height- he is constantly beating his wings working hard to get above the treetops! 🌲
CONTEST CLOSED!
⚔️Medieval Knights is almost here and we’re giving YOU the chance to WIN a pair of tickets to head back in time with us! 🏰🛡️
Enter for your chance to join us for an unforgettable night filled with medieval-themed falconry, live fighting demonstrations from Company of the Blue Dragon , delicious food, archery, entertainment and more!
🎟️ WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS!
How to enter:
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⚔️ Tag a friend you’d bring along
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📅 August 28-30, 2026
https://the-raptors.com/events/medieval-knights
Contest conditions: No purchase necessary. Contest closes August 27th at 6PM. One winner will receive a pair of tickets to Medieval Knights. Winner will be randomly selected and contacted via this account only. We will never ask for payment or personal banking information to claim a prize. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook.
What a funny looking bird flying overhead! ✈️
Birds are incredibly observant of their surroundings. They need to be aware of threats nearby, if an easy food opportunity is present and so much more. I wonder what Oscar thought of the plane 🤔
08/18/2026
✨ It’s Meet the Team Tuesday! ✨
On Tuesdays, we feature our amazing team members who work tirelessly to ensure our birds have the best quality of life. We can’t wait for you to get to know them better- this week we are meeting Ben!
✨What is your position and how long have you been with The Raptors?
Summer Camp Leader for 2 years.
🦅 Do you have a favourite species of bird to work with?
My favourite species to work with are probably owls and falcons because of their personalities. I love teaching folks about the falcons speed and their tomial tooth!
⚡️What is your favourite bird call and why?
My favourite bird call would either be the Great Horned Owl or Black-capped Chickadee as they were the first birds I learned how to ID!
Thank you for all the work you do, Ben!
It’s so hard to get good help out here nowadays…. 😅
Phoenix, a Turkey Vulture, doing her best job supervising her aviary cleaning. 🧼
⚔️ HEAR YE, HEAR YE! MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS APPROACH! ⚔️
The time draws near, brave knights and noble maidens! 🏰 Our grand Medieval Knights event returns August 28th-30th! 🦅⚔️
🍖 COME HUNGRY, FOR A FEAST AWAITS!
Our noble vendors shall be serving up some truly excellent fare:
⚔️ Friday: Chris & Eric Smith
⚔️ Saturday: Taco Papi
⚔️ Sunday: Antioch Foods
🍦☕️ Friday-Sunday: Albi De Nardi + Cacao Wabanga
A feast alone does not make a proper medieval celebration! 🎉 Prepare thyself for an evening filled with:
⚔️ Live demonstrations by Company of the Blue Dragon
🎶 Live music by Somenos Strings with Ithilweth
🏹 Archery by Cowichan Bowmen
🦅 A spectacular medieval falconry demonstration
And so much more!
So gather thy fellow adventurers, don thy finest medieval attire and make haste to The Raptors!
🎟️ Secure thy tickets before they vanish! https://the-raptors.com/events/medieval-knights
08/14/2026
Turkey Vultures may have a reputation for being somewhat aloof and anti-social, but apparently nobody told the kids!
Our trail cameras are meant to give us a less intrusive look into what happens at Turkey Vulture nest sites. Sometimes we get useful observations of feeding, chick development and parental visits. Other times… we get this.
These photos come from two different nest sites: Newton’s single chick, who we introduced in our last post, and Huxley’s two chicks which reside in another nest. All three have become very interested in the strange new object that appeared near their homes.
As the chicks get older and more mobile, they move farther from the cave opening, investigating their surroundings, stretching their wings and apparently conducting very thorough inspections of our equipment.
We love seeing the playfulness of this species, when they are so often portrayed as symbols of death and bad omens rather than the intelligent, curious birds they actually are ❤️
- Cara Herrington
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