Edgerton’s feathered faculty

Raptors have already helped educate over 270 students, adults

Edgerton Raptor Specialist Deb Miller introduced the program's two newest raptors to students last week. The owl has been given the name, Strix and the red-shouldered hawk was named Valor.
Edgerton Raptor Specialist Deb Miller introduced the program's two newest raptors to students last week. The owl has been given the name, Strix and the red-shouldered hawk was named Valor.

The Edgerton Explorit Center’s two newest education ambassadors – a barred owl and a red-shouldered hawk brought from Virginia recently by wildlife rescuer Tommy White – have their official names and have already appeared before hundreds of people from around Nebraska. On Friday morning Edgerton Raptor Specialist Deb Miller did a program using the birds for a group of second and third grade studen…