They believe the main reason for the increase is a steady loss of habitat. They are a State licensed, wildlife medical and rehabilitation center and they network with similar organizations in California and Arizona. The public is invited to visit on Saturdays and Sundays from 10a-4pm. Call 24 hours in case of emergency. During December and January, interested folks meet every Sunday and watch the annual raptor migration in and around Ramona.
Several projects threaten to develop grassland habitats that are used by raptors for foraging.
This is a very much unrecognized resource in San Diego County. We have fantastic displays of birds of prey as part of their winter migratory habitat. But as the habitat is developed, the birds have no places left to hunt and nest. People interested in helping save local raptor habitats please call Fred Sproul at the above number. Carolyn Chase is a director of HawkWatch International, Executive Director of San Diego Earth Day, and recipient of the mayor's 1994 Spirit of San Diego award.