Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida, is an urban environmental nature center specializing in the rescue, medical care, rehabilitation and release of sick, injured and orphaned raptors, including Bald Eagles. The Center handles the largest volume of injured and orphaned eagles, owls, falcons, hawks and kites east of the Mississippi River averaging more than 600 admissions of injured or orphaned raptors each year and is a leader among all North American rehabilitation Centers for specialized eagle care. For many years, the work at our Audubon Center for Birds of Prey has provided strong leadership in the fight to protect the future of Florida’s eagles, other birds of prey, and their habitat. The Center is highly respected for its success in treating endangered and threatened birds of prey species – especially Bald Eagles.

The Center has had a direct impact on 33% of Florida’s current eagle population either through direct rehabilitation or through the offspring of birds treated and released by the Center. Many of the banded rehabilitated eagles from the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey are nesting throughout Central Florida and are actively contributing to the wild population. Today, the number of eagles nesting in Central Florida ecosystems is more than twice as large as the entire population of eagles in the lower 48 states during the worst of the bird’s decline due to pesticide impacts in the early 1960s. Since its inception in 1979, the Center’s goal has been to promote a stewardship ethic towards Florida’s birds of prey and their habitats through medical rehabilitation, interactive education and practical research.

Open to the public, Audubon Center for Birds of Prey engages both children and adults through action-based programs teaching about birds of prey, their habitats and the importance of protecting these species to ensure the long term protection of Florida’s raptors. For more info on the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, click here.