Adopt-A-Feathered Friend

Here's an opportunity to give yourself, or someone else, a special gift from the Audubon Center of the North Woods that will help impact the lives of all of our educational, injured and orphaned animals that visit or stay in the wildlife barn.

Your adoption fees will go towards:

• Food
• Housing
• Medical care
• Educational program

When you adopt a raptor from the Audubon Center you will receive:

• Framed 5x7 photograph of your adopted bird
• An adoption certificate
• Natural history sheet of your adopted bird
• Personal history sheet of your adopted bird
• Recognition in the ACNW newsletter “News from the Northwoods”
• A tour to of the Audubon Center to meet your adopted bird in person

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Meet Our Educational Raptors

All of the center's raptors have permanent injuries that deem
them non-releasable. Each of the raptors now live permanently
at the center acting as ambassadors for their species.

Nero	Species:  American Kestrel Sex:  Male Name:  Nero Age:  Hatched in 2005 Weight:  110g or ~4 oz Injury:  Human imprint Fun Fact:  Nero was named for another male kestrel.  John James Audubon kept a male kestrel that was a human imprint and named him Nero Adoption Fee:  $25
Isis	Species:  American Kestrel Sex:  Female Name:  Isis Age:  Hatched in 2008 Weight:  124g or ~4.5 oz Injury:  Human imprint Fun Fact:  Isis was named from Eqyptian mythology. Isis was the mother of Horus, who had the body of a man and the head of a falcon. Adoption Fee:  $25
Species:  Eastern Screech Owl (red phase) Sex:  Unknown Name:  Ciça Age:  Hatched in 2003 Weight:  145g or ~ 5 oz. Injury:  Head injury, very slow making decisions Fun Fact:  Ciça is named for a former intern from Brazil who had a passion for Screech Owls. Adoption Fee:  $25	Cića
Athena	Species:  Barred Owl Sex:  Female Name:  Athena Age:  Hatched in 1994 Weight:  900g or ~2 pounds Injury:  Likely hit by a car, left wing fracture Fun Fact:  In the winter of 2003, Athena attracted a wild male Barred owl that would visit with her at night and hoot back and forth.  Athena eventually laid an unfertilized egg. Adoption Fee:  $50
Species:  Great Horned Owl Sex:  Male Name:  Cleo Age:  Hatched in  1991 Weight:  1400g or ~3 pounds Injury:  Hit by a car, Fractured left humerus, ulna, radius and retinal hemorrhages (ie broken left wing and eye damage). Fun Fact:  Since the difference between males and females in raptors is in there size and females are larger, Cleo was originally thought to be a girl, but his low voice proves he is just a big boy Adoption Fee:  $50	Cleo
Dakota	Species:  Red-tailed Hawk Sex:  Female Name:  Dakota Age:  Hatched in 1991 Weight:  1450g or ~3 pounds Injury:  Fractured left wing by shotgun shot. Fun Fact:  When Dakota wants attention she will occasionally try new behavior like jumping and doing a 360 and landing on the perch or quacking like a duck. Adoption Fee:  $75
Species:  Bald Eagle Sex:  Male Name:  Woody Age:  Hatched in 1993 Weight:  3400g or ~7.5 pounds Injury:  Woody’s nest was knocked to ground during a storm and he suffered extensive Fun Fact:  Woody loves to bathe after every meal in the warm weather months. Adoption Fee:  $100	Woody

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