Raptor Education Foundation

Raptor ID Class: The Who's Who of Colorado Raptors
2023-10-14 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Denver) | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States

Raptor Day At Denver Botanic Gardens
2023-04-07 10:00 - 14:30 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, Colorado, 80206
Join us for the raptor experience of a lifetime at the Denver Botanic Gardens! We’ll have live raptors in Mitchell Hall, readings of the Fidget books by the author herself in the Helen Fowler library, and a brand new 15-minute film featuring wild raptors from around Colorado and beyond in the Freyer-Newman Center auditorium.
Programs will run in 90-minute intervals with showings at 10:00, 11:30 and 1:00. Tickets include all day entry to the Gardens and exclusive visits with the raptors and Raptor Education Foundation presenters and staff.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2023-01-12 - 2023-01-15 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Join us once again at the largest sportsmen’s gathering in Colorado. Look for Colorado’s oldest raptor sanctuary along with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Raptor ID Class
2022-11-12 09:30 - 12:30 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States

Raptor Day at Denver Botanic Gardens
2022-07-22 09:30 - 14:30 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, Colorado, 80206
Join us for a fun raptor experience at Denver Botanic Gardens! We’ll have live raptors in Mitchell Hall, readings of the Fidget books in the library, and a brand new 15-minute film featuring our birds, as well as wild raptors around Colorado.
The program will run in 90-minute intervals with exclusive visits with the raptors and Raptor Education Foundation presenters.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2022-03-24 - 2022-03-27 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Join us at Colorado’s largest gathering of people who love the outdoors and spend time hunting, fishing, exploring, and birding. This year’s event follows the COVID closure of the past years and promises to be a great comeback. We will be partnering with Colorado Parks & Wildlife again so look for us in their area.

Spangled at Beaver Creek Village
2022-02-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
Meet our female bald eagle at the Fountain Stage in Beaver Creek Village for a very special President’s Day program. You will discover lots of fun facts about America’s living national symbol and how it was selected to be America’s National Bird. Meet with Colorado’s oldest raptor sanctuary staff and their seven year old female bald eagle…the same eagle making her first appearance at last year’s Birds of Prey Ski Championships! Photo opportunities after the program.

Eagle Face to Face
2022-02-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
The Black to Nature book club will meet our female bald eagle for a special President’s Day Program.

Birds of Prey Ski Championships
2021-12-03 - 2021-12-05 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
We are SO excited to announce that we will be returning to Beaver Creek this year, for resumption of the Men’s World Cup Alpine Ski Races! The event was held in Europe last year due to Covid, and everyone involved in this huge effort is excited to gather again and witness the very finest downhill ski racers from around the world compete on the Birds of Prey course.

But as the photo above reminds us, we have one member of our team that won’t be around this year. We lost Blondie on April 18th, and her passing has left an indescribable void in our lives, both personal and professional. However, we are so grateful to the Vail Valley Foundation who are going to be doing a video tribute to Blondie on Friday, December 3rd, in advance of the first day of Super G competition. After much discussion with the race organizers, all while taking new Covid protocols into account, we’ll be bringing our six-year old female bald eagle to the event. Even though she’s larger by weight and wingspan than Blondie was in her later years, she still has some big talons to fill. It goes without saying that “the world” loved Blondie; the top athletes from countries like Austria, Norway and Italy all can claim the golden eagle as a resident. But the races begin each day with the playing of the Star Spangled Banner…Anne is pumping iron and cannot wait to show off our national symbol to the world! Be sure to check out the schedule (and NBC Sports for TV coverage) at Xfinity Birds of Prey.

Fall Photo Safari
2020-10-10 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Photo by Zina Balash
This year we are combining the option to photograph flying raptors in the morning and to capture our raptors posed in natural settings during the afternoon. Our videos from previous photo safaris show you what to expect. You can book both or just one of the options to test your skills and equipment as we provide ten of our raptors for no more than 15 photographers at each session.

Raptor Education at Gaylord Resorts
2020-07-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States
As we begin to emerge out into more activities and adventures, we are glad to be part of that process with everyone at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center starting June 27 and every weekend in July except for July 4th. July 5th we will have America’s living national symbol, the Bald Eagle, at the resort along with other wonderful examples of Colorado’s wild raptor species.

Meet a Bald Eagle on the 4th of July
2020-07-04 10:30 - 11:15 | Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton, United States
Come to Barr Lake State Park to meet America’s living national symbol and get the back story on how, why, when, and where this little piece of history took place. Oh, you will also meet our five year old female bald eagle and learn all about her as well. She has her fully mature plumage. See her progression below thanks to the photography of Marilyn Stevens. Click on image to enlarge.

Raptor Education at Gaylord Resort
2020-06-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States
As we begin to emerge out into more activities and adventures, we are glad to be part of that process with everyone at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center beginning tomorrow and every weekend in July except for July 4th. July 5th we will have America’s living national symbol the Bald Eagle at the resort along with other wonderful examples of Colorado’s wild raptor species.

Colorado Wild at Gaylord Resorts
2020-06-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, Aurora, United States

Bird Talk Guys
2020-05-02 12:15 - 12:30 | 710 KNUS Radio

Nature Chat
2020-04-20 13:00 - 13:30 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Continuing our partnership with the great team at HRCA Backcountry Wilderness, Anne Price, REF’s President and Curator will be joining Mark and Lindsey for another Nature Chat featuring our Swainson’s Hawk. Questions will be relayed to Anne as this live event is available to everyone via Facebook.

Color in Place
2020-04-17 - 2020-06-15 | CO
Enjoy learning about America’s raptors in the comfort of your home. We’ve created a coloring contest in conjunction with Colorado’s BirdTalkGuys so you can have fun with our new book, learn about raptors, and win some cool stuff. You will also help Raptor Education Foundation continue our 40 year mission and help us care for our birds.

Bird Talk Radio
2020-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 710 KNUS Radio

International Sportsmen's Expo
2020-01-09 - 2020-01-12 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Come and join us at the biggest outdoor expo for 2020 at the Colorado Convention Center. See our birds and find out what’s new. Find us in our usual spot in the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Youth Pavilion.

Book Signing and Raptor Presentation
2019-12-12 11:00 - 12:30 | WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, CO, 80026, United States
Join us at WOW! Children’s Museum for a live raptor presentation and book signing by author Anne Price. Our new coloring book, The Raptors of North America will be available for purchase.

Birds of Prey Ski Championship Races at Beaver Creek
2019-12-06 - 2019-12-08 | Beaver Creek Village, Avon, CO, United States
Come and see the fastest ski racers in the world at the fastest course in North America. Meet the live eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons that the Birds of Prey course is named after.

Raptor Photo Safari
2019-10-19 | CO
Capture The Moment!
Once again, we are offering 15 photographers an exceptional opportunity for testing their equipment and skills to capture some of the world’s iconic predators, while they are posed in natural settings. The resulting images will look as if you have been in the field for days and weeks, not just a few hours. We will be offering ten different owls, eagles, hawks, falcons, and one turkey vulture in various natural settings around our facility in Brighton, Colorado. The roster of birds will include our new snowy owl.

Raptor Book Signing:Meet The Author
2019-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Enjoy meeting a live peregrine falcon and golden eagle 2001 in the Museum’s wildlife halls with Anne Price, curator at the Raptor Education Foundation and an avid falconer since age 16. Price will also feature her new publication The Raptors of North America: A Coloring Book of Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Owls. The book has activities, coloring exercises, and short essays describing a variety of raptors, and is illustrated by Donald Malick. After the demonstration, René O’Connell, image archivist, will detail the Museum’s collection of Malick’s artwork and his time as a field artist in Botswana. A reception with a display of Malick’s paintings and a chance to color in Botswana Hall follows the program.

Open House
2019-09-28 10:30 - 13:30 | CO
Our Fall Open House is scheduled for September 28. Help celebrate the beginning of our 40th year! This is a free opportunity to visit our facility and meet our birds. Our new peregrine falcon will be available for viewing, and if all goes well with shipping, we may have our new book available for you to purchase at get it autographed by Anne Price. You must RSVP for this free event by clicking on our web site below. We just need to know how many of your are coming to make sure we have enough refreshments and don’t forget the door prizes that will be given away!

Raptor ID Course
2019-09-21 09:30 - 12:00 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
Please join us on Saturday, September 21st, for “Masters of the Colorado Sky”, our newest raptor identification course. CPW Raptor Monitor Karen Metz and Curator Anne Price will showcase approximately ten of Colorado’s most common diurnal raptors live in our classroom, with slides of other similar species for comparison. There will be special emphasis on the wing shape, flight style, and distinct markings of each genus or “type” of raptor that we commonly see here in Colorado. The approximately two-and-a-half hour class will conclude with a tour of our exterior mews (raptor housing). Space is limited to twenty participants. The fall migration will be well under way by September, so you won’t want to miss this great opportunity to sharpen your raptor ID skills! Early bird special is $50, which expires the last day of July. August 1, the price is $60.

All About Owls
2019-09-08 09:00 - 10:00 | CO
Our first date sold out quickly, so we have scheduled a second date for our most popular program featuring seven owl species with eight different birds. From our new snowy owl, all the way down to our eastern screech owls, you will be intimately immersed into the nocturnal and diurnal worlds of some of nature’s most accomplished predators.
Curator Anne Price, author and biologist, will take you on a magical mystery tour into the very secretive lives of owls. Colorado’s own Florissant formation yielded the world’s first barn owl ancestor, dating back to 65 million years ago; during this program you’ll meet the modern barn owl, a native to every continent on earth except Antarctica.
These well-adapted avian predators number twenty species in the United States and you’ll enjoy meeting eight of them up close: the barn owl, great-horned owl, red and gray morph eastern screech owls, barred owl, short-eared owl, snowy owl, and the burrowing owl.

All About Owls Seminar
2019-08-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Raptor Education Foundation Facility, 17101 E. 136th Avenue, Brighton, CO, 80601, United States
One of our most popular seminars will feature seven owl species with eight different birds. From our new snowy owl, all the way down to our eastern screech owls, you will be intimately immersed into the nocturnal and diurnal worlds of some of nature’s most accomplished predators.
Curator Anne Price, author and biologist, will take you on a magical mystery tour into the very secretive lives of owls. Colorado’s own Florissant formation yielded the world’s first barn owl ancestor, dating back to 65 million years ago; during this program you’ll meet the modern barn owl, a native to every continent on earth except Antarctica.
These well-adapted avian predators number twenty species in the United States and you’ll enjoy meeting eight of them up close: the barn owl, great-horned owl, red and gray morph eastern screech owls, barred owl, short-eared owl, snowy owl, and the burrowing owl.
There will be plenty of owl-themed merchandise and jewelry available for purchase. Don’t forget to bring your camera!
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 35 PARTICIPANTS
To get the early bird discount you must sign up by midnight MDT May 15, 2019.
DATE: August 3, 2019
TIME: Check in at 6:00 PM, program starts at 6:30 PM
LOCATION: REF facility in Brighton. We will mail you our street address upon receipt of payment. Our location is just west of Barr Lake State Park. The program starts at 6:30 pm and runs approximately one hour. Please arrive at 6:00 PM to check in

Open House
2019-05-04 10:30 - 13:30 | CO
Join us for this free event to celebrate spring sneaking onto the front range!

Gaylord Rockies Grand Opening
2019-03-01 11:30 - 16:30 | CO
Come and celebrate the Grand Opening of Colorado’s largest resort and convention center.
We will be part of the festivities in the lobby featuring Colorado’s only resident Snowy Owl. Meet this stunning powerful white owl from the Arctic along with our female bald eagle, and a couple of other surprises. Come and see this amazing resort located just southwest of Denver International Airport. Spend the afternoon visiting and enjoy the great amenities offered at this beautiful resort.

International Sportsmen's Expo
2019-01-10 - 2019-01-13 | Colorado Convention Center, 1150 Champa st., Denver, CO, United States
Kick off the New Year for 2019 with a large dose of Colorado Wild at the largest outdoor exposition in the Rocky Mountain area. Meet our birds and staff at our booth located in the Colorado Parks & Wildlife youth education area.
