Belize Raptor Center

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Inspire conservation of birds of prey and their habitat through education Rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned birds of prey 🏥 #PoisonFreeBelize Belize 🇧🇿

Video of Jade the White hawk eating a piece of quail on her perch on a sunny day and the Orange-breasted falcon patient perched and wet after a bath
Video of a juvenile Crested caracara alarm calling after being cleared for flight training
Photo of a juvenile king vulture flying
Photo of a flying White-tailed kite with a mountain in the background
Female Orange-breasted falcon in her kennel after eating a full quail
Our lil Roadside hawk dude when he came in all covered in salt water and with some minor abrasions on his legs
Video of Sky the plumbeous kite, mating with the glove showing how human imprints' confusion as to who they are supposed to mate with
Photo of a bowing Sky looking gorgeous
Video of Skylar the plumbeous kite, perched with a foot tucked up and just chilling
Photo of Sky, the Plumbeous kite, being all cute
Video of Skylar, the plumbeous kite, shaking off some water while showing his waterproofed plumage
Video of Skylar, the Plumbeous kite eating while on a big bow perch
Photo of a soaring Plumbeous kite
Video of Skylar, the Plumbeous kite being trained/fed in his enclosure while being all sassy
Photo of out booth at the Caribbean conference on Sustainable Tourism Development where we are promoting wildlife safe alternatives to rodent control.
Portrait of Skylar, our Plumbeous Kite, showing his beautiful grey plumage and crimson red eyes
Video of Skylar a Plumbeous Kite that is a resident at the Belize Raptor Center
Photo of a perched Black-headed trogon, a medium size bird with a black back, head and chest, yellow belly and black tail with white terminal band
Photo of a perched Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Part of our new design showing a slate gray raptor, with white barring on its tail feathers, a rufous patch on its primaries and bright orange legs
Photo of a female Orange-breasted Falcon in flight
Photo of a Green Heron on the ground by a creek
Photo of a bit of the new design
Photo of a juvenile King Vulture flying, a big bird, mostly white with black flight feathers (primaries, secondaries and tail), a gray head with a bright orange beak and caruncle above the beak.
Photo of a Great-crested Flycatcher with a bug (like a green grasshopper) in its beak
Photo of Romeo, the Spectacled Owl perched and looking very sleepy
Photo of a perched Orange-breasted falcon with her feathers all ruffled up
Photo of a Black-headed Trogon, medium size bird with a yellow belly, black wings and head, greenish back and black tail with white terminal band
Photo of a perched, male Scrub Euphonia, that is a small bird with a yellow belly, chest, and crown and a blue back and throat
Photo of a juvenile Orange-breasted falcons perched on top of a pine tree like a tree topper with her wings open
Photo of an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, a small, brow/rufous bird with a light head with speckles and a long ivory colored bill. It is creeping up a tree.
A perched Gray Hawk with its beak open while calling
Portrait of beautiful Maya, the Orange-breasted Falcon
Plumbeous Kite, a small/medium gray raptor with a rufous carpal patch and a black tail with three thin, white bands, soaring with a blue with some clouds sky behind it
Photo of a gray women's racerback tank top with an Orange-breasted falcon design
Slo mo video of director Sarah Mann with Rogue a Roadside Hawk on her glove, throwing a tidbit in the air and Rogue flying up and grabbing it before starting to fly down
Video of the director of the Belize Raptor Center talking about the release of rehabilitated owls and showing how it is done. Also an employee of Valley of Peace talks about the savings in money and the reduction of rodents at the offices and plantations.
Video of former Belize Raptor Center employee showing where the Barn Owls are kept in rehab for future release.
Video of the director of the Belize Raptor Center talking about the Barn Owl Box project.
Photo of a perched Collared Forest-falcon, giving the back to the camera while it looks directly at it
Current photo of beautiful Maya, the Orange-breasted falcon, on the glove looking at the camera
Photo of a wild adult female OBF perched, she is fluffed up as she is about or just done rousing and shaking her feathers
Checking an OBF chick for ectoparasites, this is a chick from one of the several nests the Peregrine Fund monitors in Belize
Romeo perched on a palm tree while being harassed by very loud jays
Photo of Romeo looking gorgeous perched on a palm.
Romeo perched on a molly apple tree near Luna's enclosure (can't be seen in the video)
Video of Romeo, the Spectacled Owl, perched on a Ceiba tree at dusk.
Photo of a staff member sitting on a veranda with Luna, the Spectacled Owl on the glove and a little girl sitting besides them looking at Luna.
Photo of a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The billboard also shows a family of Barn Owls, two adults and a chick, one adult has a rodent in its beak while the other adult just handed a rodent to the chick