by Natalie Osborne | Jun 27, 2025 | Species Spotlight
Adaptable. Beautiful. Some might even say perfect. The red-tailed hawk is a stunning North American raptor that can be found across most of the continent. A common “road trip raptor”, they are often seen perched along the roadside on trees or power lines. The adults...
by Natalie Osborne | Feb 13, 2025 | News
You may have noticed a lack of blog posts for 2024. That is mainly because we had a very tough start to the year at the Alaska Raptor Center (ARC) and it seemed it was going to continue that way – until August, when things started to look up once again! So, why was it...
by Natalie Osborne | Nov 6, 2023 | Species Spotlight
American Kestrels are just cute. Cute little killers of bugs, small rodents and birds. They are certainly the most colorful of all the raptors found in North America. Kestrels are one of the first raptors I learned to identify as a beginner birder mostly because they...
