Birds of Prey: Living the High Life August 20, 2010

The four raptor species in the 'Birds of Prey' exhibit are notable for their keen eyesight, their flying skills, and their unique hunting abilities. The zoo has high hopes for each of these rare pairs, which the Andean condors and harpy eagles are already fulfilling. They have not only hatched a number of chicks but also had some of their young reintroduced to the wild. Ornate hawk-eagles are the smallest birds in this exhibit and its newest residents.The fourth species represented here it the Steller's sea-eagle, a dark, impressive bird that is the largest of all sea-eagle species and the heaviest known of all eagles.