Audubon Birds of Prey Celebrated 30th anniversary

This month, the Audubon Birds of Prey in Maitland, celebrated their 30th anniversary with an event at UCF. We photographed the event and here are some images from this exciting night.

Here’s a little history about this great organization:

On June 14, 1979, Audubon staff member Doris Mager climbed into an inactive Bald Eagle’s nest in Central Florida. She remained in the nest for six days and five nights to raise awareness of the plight of the Bald Eagle and to raise funds to build the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. The Center opened on October 19, 1979, in Maitland thanks to a generous donation from the Baldwin Family, in loving memory of Madalyn Baldwin. That first year sixty-six sick, injured and baby raptors were admitted for care.

UPDATE: Images from this night were printed in the Audubon of Florida’s Naturalist Magazine (Winter 09-10 edition).  Here is the link