Archimedes

Paid a visit to the Cascade Raptor Center today. They rescue and rehabilitate birds of prey, that have been injured, or illegally raised and imprinted.

This male snowy owl was hatched in the 2000 in a captive breeding program. Like other northern species of raptors, these birds have proven to be very susceptible to West Nile Virus, resulting in their loss at a number of zoos and nature centers, as well as breeding facilities, over the last few years. This bird was placed in a breeding program in Pennsylvania, but they were never able to find a female, so he was sent to CRC in February 2006 as an education bird.