I had the pleasure of attending the annual Raptor Fest at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in Florida earlier this month. It's a fundraising event to help them maintain the preserve and to care for the many birds they have in their care. All of the resident raptors are captive due to injuries or imprinting on humans, and cannot survive on their own.
Up first is this cute little Screech Owl.
Here is an example of red-morph and gray-morph Screech Owls. It was really difficult to capture these two looking in the same direction at the same time.
This Barred Owl drew a lot of attention with her beautiful dark eyes.
There were a few Swallow-Tailed Kites in attendance, including this adult.
This is an adult Mississippi Kite.
This is my first time seeing a juvenile Mississippi Kite, which was really striking in person.
An annual favorite is this leucistic adult male Red-Tailed Hawk. I've posted photos of him before, but had to share more again as he's so unique.
Upcoming: Part 2
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