Volunteers needed to assist with bird-of-prey rehabilitation at the Avian Reconditioning Centre in Apopka near Orlando, Florida, USA.
The Avian Reconditioning Centre, or ARC, is a bird of prey rehabilitation and education facility located in Apopka, Florida, just outside of Orlando. ARC was started in 2001, and opened to the public in 2004. They are dedicated to raptor rehabilitation, education and research, thereby increasing public awareness, knowledge and appreciation of Florida’s magnificent raptors and the natural habitats in which they live. They are open to the public on Saturdays (Closed in August). They invite you to stop by for a personal encounter with their resident eagles, hawks, falcons, kites and owls.
The Avian Reconditioning Centre is dedicated to raptor rehabilitation, education, research, and falconry thereby increasing public awareness, knowledge and appreciation of Florida’s magnificent raptors and the natural habitats in which they live.
They are a specialised wildlife facility where large, outdoor enclosures allow for physical reconditioning and natural weatherproofing of recuperating birds of prey, also known as raptors. In many cases this physical therapy is necessary to provide the birds with a more realistic chance of survival once released to the wild. These same structures are also used to prepare orphaned raptors for a life in their natural habitat.
Here are just a few of the tasks that volunteers can expect to perform:
– Facility care: Constructing or rewrapping perches; Cleaning/Maintaining Mews; Helping to construct new housing facilities
– Rehabilitation: Mews/Kennel cleaning; Feeding birds; Handling education birds; Weighing birds; Giving water and showers to all the birds on hot days; Bird Management; Helping to release birds back to the wild
– Education: Talking to visitors about their education birds, their place in the environment, their biology, and how humans impact them; Programmes take place at ARC on Saturdays, and sometimes offsite during the week
– Gardening/Landscaping: Planting; Watering; Weeding
Charitable Travel can help you plan your next trip to Florida and can tailor your stay to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.
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