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82 From our Owl Ambassador Masterclass: Health and Quarantine Considerations with Your New Owl

This is an excerpt from our Masterclass on How to Raise an Ambassador Owl.…

Hillary HankeyJune 5, 2026

Conservation

How Our Ambassador Birds Helped Build Avian Behavior Conservancy’s Research Impact

When most people meet one of our conservation ambassador birds, they see an unforgettable educational…

Hillary HankeyJanuary 22, 2026

Conservation

Why January is Important for Bird Conservation

Most people think bird conservation happens in spring and summer, when birds are nesting, raising…

Hillary HankeyJanuary 16, 2026

Animal Training Bird of Prey Training

How to Use Telemetry for Your Free Flighted Bird

If flying birds has piqued your interest, you might have a question or two about…

Hillary HankeyJanuary 13, 2026

Conservation

Following Our Kestrels: How Motus Tracking Helps Us See an Invisible World

If you’ve ever watched noticed kestrels in the grasslands here in San Diego or other…

Hillary HankeyJanuary 6, 2026

Bird of Prey Training

What Creance Work Is Really Teaching You (and how to start asking better questions)

For many apprentice falconers and early-career professionals, creance work can feel deceptively simple. The bird…

Hillary HankeyJanuary 1, 2026

On the Ranch

A Defining Year of Transition

For more than a decade, our work began as a mission-driven LLC, guided first and…

Hillary HankeyDecember 28, 2025

Animal Training

Building Assent and Voluntary Participation: Beyond “Control”

When we talk about giving animals "control" in training, we stumble into vague territory. Control…

Hillary HankeyDecember 12, 2025

Conservation

Get hands on with falcon conservation in San Diego County

If you've ever spotted a small, colorful raptor perched on a wire along a country…

Hillary HankeyDecember 12, 2025

Animal Training

When Differential Reinforcement Fails: A Constructional Approach to Vulture Weighing

Every trainer has faced it: a behavior that should work on paper but falls apart…

Hillary HankeyDecember 5, 2025

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82 From our Owl Ambassador Masterclass: Health and Quarantine Considerations with Your New Owl

How Our Ambassador Birds Helped Build Avian Behavior Conservancy’s Research Impact

Why January is Important for Bird Conservation

How to Use Telemetry for Your Free Flighted Bird

Following Our Kestrels: How Motus Tracking Helps Us See an Invisible World

What Creance Work Is Really Teaching You (and how to start asking better questions)

A Defining Year of Transition

Building Assent and Voluntary Participation: Beyond “Control”

Get hands on with falcon conservation in San Diego County

When Differential Reinforcement Fails: A Constructional Approach to Vulture Weighing

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