For a fairly urban state, Rhode Island has a healthy dose of raptors — from the peregrine falcons that keep our pigeon population tolerably low to the vultures that permanently circle 295 to the red-tailed hawks, like the one I snapped above my Providence office entrance, that — well, I guess they keep our metro-bunny population in check, as this one was heartily eating a rabbit at the time.
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is hosting Raptor Weekend, where you can view eagles, owls, hawks and vultures in live-flight demonstrations and learn other cool stuff, too. Check here for a full schedule of today and tomorrow’s events. You might want to leave Fluffy and Nibbles at home.
$10 adults/$5 kids/$25 for family 4-pack, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, 10am to 4pm both days, 1401 Hope Street (Rte 114), Bristol
Cool — please check out my websites for more pictures of Providence’s raptors:
http://downcityhawk.com
http://providencefalcons.com