Archive for February, 2010


TRAC is coming to a WV State Park near you!

What’s your favorite WV State Park?  Blackwater Falls?  Holly River?  Tomlinson Run?  North Bend?  Well, Three Rivers Avian Center will be coming to these Parks and others this Summer during our 2010 WV State Parks Tour. Come see Perry the Peregrine Falcon, Spirit the Golden Eagle and their raptor friends up close  in an interactive [...]

2010 Birds of Prey Photography Workshops: May 22 & October 9

Join Positive Image Photography’s Steven Wayne Rotsch and Three Rivers Avian Center’s co-directors Wendy and Ron Perrone in a day of congenial photography fun!  Amateur and professional photographers alike are invited to take this opportunity to capture images of 12 or more raptors native to West Virginia in natural settings in either half day or [...]

Bird Vision

So you think your vision is good? Check out this great article on bird vision . . http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100216101159.htm

TRAC’s 2010 Free Public Tours Schedule

Summer 2010 Facility Tour Schedule
Here’s the 2010 Free Public Tour Days schedule.  Please note that on July 3rd we will be hosting a big celebration for our 20th Anniversary!  Plan to join us if you can.
The directions to get to TRAC are also included here, but as a separate page for those who are saving [...]

Video on what happens when a raptor has lead poisoning. (2/11/10)

Trish Miller let us know about this important video from U-Tube.  It is a really well balanced depiction of exactly what happens when a raptor ingests lead fragments, and a discussion about where these fragments are being found as well as some ways to start dealing with the problem.  (Please note, this is NOT an [...]