California Raptor Center Content

Peregrine Falcon ‘Nox’ Passes

Katherine E Kerlin — October 24, 2024 - 8:40am

UPDATE: Dec 5: An assessment completed this week determined that pneumonia caused the Oct. 23 death of Nox. Read a longer update from �ٺ��Ƶ School of Veterinary Medicine and UC Berkeley.

Peregrine Falcon Nox Healed and Flying Free

Katherine E Kerlin — October 21, 2024 - 12:22pm

Nox, a peregrine falcon of UC Berkeley web cam fame, was released to the wild Oct. 18 after recovering from wing surgery at �ٺ��Ƶ and its California Raptor Center.

�ٺ��Ƶ Establishes Bird Flight Research Center

Andy Fell — February 01, 2024 - 9:00am

By studying birds of prey in flight, a new lab at the �ٺ��Ƶ California Raptor Center will give insight into designing drones and treating injured birds.

Celebrating 176 Years of Putting Nature on Display

Dave Jones — October 11, 2022 - 11:43am

The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology and the California Raptor Center celebrate their 50th anniversaries this week, while another nature museum, the Bohart Museum of Entomology, only 76 years old, holds an open house coinciding with Aggie Spirit Week. All events are free and open to the public.

Fall Is Best Time to Clean Nest Boxes for Barn Owls

Katherine E Kerlin — September 07, 2022 - 10:00am

The best time to clean nest boxes for barn owls is fall to avoid disturbing them during their winter breeding season, finds �ٺ��Ƶ research.

THE DOWNLOAD: Helping a Hawk, Brewing Without Hops

Cody Kitaura — March 27, 2018 - 2:47pm

�ٺ��Ƶ helped a red-tailed hawk learn to fly again, after the raptor lost some crucial feathers. The bird came in with six broken feathers, and underwent a procedure at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital to have new feathers glued in place.

Learn more about the process of replacing the feathers, called "imping," in the above video.

Saturday Outdoors: Raptors, Plants and Sketches

Dave Jones — October 17, 2017 - 9:46am

Sometimes you can do it all! This Saturday (Oct. 21), start with a Hawk Walk at 8 a.m. (and stay for the California Raptor Center open house), attend the arboretum plant sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; and then join a campus “sketchcrawl,” 12:30 p.m. until about 4:30.

Outdoors Is the Place to Be This Weekend (If the Rain Holds Off)

Dave Jones — October 14, 2016 - 3:03pm

Update Oct. 14: The Mondavi Center has canceled all three Corin Courtyard Concerts, Oct. 14, 15 and 16, due to inclement weather.

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Free music in the Corin Courtyard (at the Mondavi Center), arboretum programs and the fall open house at the California Raptor Center, from Friday through Sunday (Oct. 14-16).

BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM DAY: From Bones to Yeast and Everything in Between

Dave Jones — February 08, 2016 - 4:56pm

The bones and bugs are back, and so are the flowers and fish. But this year’s �ٺ��Ƶ Biodiversity Museum Day, Saturday (Feb. 13), will welcome even more diversity: nematodes and raptors, the arboretum and Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven — and even yeast!

In the event’s fifth year, the additions bring to 11 the number of research collections that the public is invited to see. The collections showcase natural history, biodiversity and the cultural-ecological interface.