Welcome to the Bays Mountain Raptor Center.  Our center was designed and built by volunteer staff who also maintain the facility and train the birds for raptor programs.  The center now houses seven birds in two unique habitat structures and includes an office/food preparation building.  Funding for the center and its continued growth relies on support from the community.

Our focus is on conservation education.  Each of our birds is non-releasable and now serves as a "teacher."  We strive for a more intimate encounter with our raptors for the park's visitors.  You will often meet our birds with a handler on one of our trails or at the raptor center.  In addition to these close encounters, we provide school programming at the park and monthly nature programs for the park’s visitors.
Looking for a special day of hands-on learning?  Register for our summer raptor workshop for students entering 7th to 12th grades.  Spend an entire day in a one-on-one situation with raptor volunteers.  Assist in bird care and then join us for a discussion of anatomy, classification, and conservation before really getting to know raptors from the outside in with a necropsy.
Do you have the time and desire to volunteer at the center?  Our volunteers prepare food, clean enclosures, become handlers for our birds and create educational programming and present those programs.  Contact our volunteer coordinator, Rob Cole.