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A raptor’s unmatched strength, keen eyesight, and incredible speed all combine to ensure these fierce foes remain at the top of the food chain…and now YOU can get a birds-eye-view into what makes Raptors oh-so Remarkable. From the dominant size of a Steller’s Sea Eagle (the world’s heaviest eagle) to the strike precision of a Peregrine Falcon (the world’s fastest animal), YOU can explore the incredible adaptations of raptors and other birds of prey!

Remarkable Raptors Presented by S&T Bank runs now through Labor Day Weekend; only at the National Aviary!

Close up of Dariena in her new habitat with her mouth open and her tongue out!
Dariena in perched high in a tree with foliage around her

The National Aviary is overjoyed to welcome a new juvenile female Harpy Eagle to our flock! This one-year-old raptor is the ONLY known Harpy living in the Northeast… AND now she has a name that fits her fierce adaptations and egg-shell colored plumage (that will slowly turn Harpy-gray over the next few years)…introducing,  

DARIÉNA (Dare EE awn ă), affectionately named by Aviary friends, Brian and Sandra Moroney, through our Name-A-Bird program.  Come visit this Remarkable Raptor in her new habitat in The Charity Randall Foundation Eagle Hall!

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