Adopt an Orphan

Mid-spring in Colorado marks the start of the BUSY season at the Foundation. By late summer each year BOP will have taken in around 100 orphaned baby raptors! That's quite a lot in and of itself. But what's more is the surprising amounts of food and care these young birds need during their first few months. Baby birds grow at an astonishing rate - after all, they must be fully grown and able to fend for themselves within the course of just one short summer.

Some of 2005's babies, baby Swainson's Hawks! BOP has already received 60 Swainson's this summer! To read more about this year's arrivals; click HERE.

Imagine your toddler loudly demanding and consuming a couple of steaks for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. Many baby raptors consume 3-4 times as much food as what a grown adult bird eats! During their first 6 weeks young birds often double their size every other day until, in just a couple of months, they are the very same size as their parents. One baby Barn Owl needs 10-13 mice per day! One baby American Kestrel eats 3 or 4! All that growing during this crucial period requires exactly the right food, prepared fresh and lots of it, to build the strong bones, keen eyes, perfect feathers, and healthy bodies essential to survive the toughest year of their lives: the first one.

You can help us bring these beautiful young birds along to adulthood. You can adopt one!

Adopt an Orphan - Online

American Kestrel $25		Screech Owl $35
Saw Whet Owl $45		Burrowing Owl $50
Barn Owl $65		Great Horned Owl $100
Red Tailed Hawk $250		Swainson's Hawk $250
Prairie Falcon $300		Peregrine Falcon $500
Golden Eagle $1,000		Other $________

Updated by Elke on September 6, 2005 06:08 PM