Latta Plantation Nature Preserve will be closed December 1 and 2 for Deer Herd Management. For more information please call Ronny Roberts, Natural Resource Specialist at 704-583-1176.

This two day workshop is designed for beginner intermediate and advanced level educators, trainers and caregivers. The information presented is based on over 20 years of caring for permanently disabled injured raptors at Carolina Raptor Center. If you are looking for an intensive learning experience that combines lecture, open discussion and hands on activities with live birds, then this is it. Classes will be taught by CRC staff members. Agenda Includes: Permits, Diets, Bird Selection/Quality of Life, Basic Handling and Training, Cage Design and Considerations, Program Development, Handling and Training Challenging Birds, Advanced Behavior Traning.

Tour Carolina Raptor Center's bird hospital and get a sneak peak at what happens behind the scenes, from patients' initial exam to strengthening their wings in outdoor flight cages.

Come after closing hours and join Carolina Raptor Center educators on a trek through our trails, learning and looking for owls in their natural habitats. Dress warmly and practice your "hoots" -- this is a members-only event!

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Tour Carolina Raptor Center's bird hospital and get a sneak peak at what happens behind the scenes, from patients' initial exam to strengthening their wings in outdoor flight cages.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

An opportunity to meet the people who care for a specific raptor and ask them questions about that bird's natural behavior, history and personality.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

An opportunity to meet the people who care for a specific raptor and ask them questions about that bird's natural behavior, history and personality.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Follow a guide down a wooded nature trail and hear interesting facts and stories about Carolina Raptor Center, resident raptors and our environment.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Follow a guide down a wooded nature trail and hear interesting facts and stories about Carolina Raptor Center, resident raptors, and our environment.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Not all birds go south for the winter, and cold weather doesn't mean it's time to hibernate! Discover how raptors are able to survive in the freezing weather.

Cold weather doesn't mean it is time to hibernate! Carolina Raptor Center celebrates the winter season with our Wild Wings Winter Festival. Live bird presentations address how the changing seasons affect raptors (migration, hunting techniques, & surviving the cold) and arts and crafts activities make it fun for kids of all ages! Activities will include: storytelling, face painting, cookie decorating, "sleigh" (hay) rides*, live bird presentations, having your photo taken with a live raptor, making bird feeders, learning how to feed birds for winter, and more!