The Raptor Conservancy of Virginia (RCV) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to rehabilitation and release of native Virginia raptors, and education of the public about raptors. RCV specializes in the rehabilitation of wild injured, ill or orphaned hawks, owls, falcons, ospreys and eagles. RCV admits approximately 225 wild birds for treatment each year, as well as continuing treatment of any raptors remaining from the previous year.


RCV is supported entirely by donations from the public! The funds raised during this t-shirt campaign will go directly to buying food for the raptors! What kind of food do raptors eat? Raptors are wild animals and they need to eat the same diet they would eat in the wild in order to get all of the nutrients they need to stay healthy. Most of the raptors we take care of eat rodents in the wild, so we buy frozen whole mice from a reputable breeder. On average RCV feeds 5000 mice a month to the raptors in our care.

As we like to say, all our patients are uninsured, they don't make appointments, and they all try to bite us! One thing they all need every day is good nutritious food to help them regain their health, and as such raptor food is RCV's #1 expense. We are reaching out now to ensure that we can keep RCV well supplied with the mice needed to feed every bird that comes in needing our help.


This Barn Owl was found orphaned this Spring, and a good Samaritan brought her to us. We fed her and watched her grow from a tiny downy chick into a beautifully feathered juvenile. We brought her to our flight cage when she was old enough to start flying, and watched her take her first flight - and her not-so-graceful first landing. We kept her in the flight cage and watched her gain strength and skill in flying and hunting, and we kept feeding her just as her parents would have in wild. In early October we took her to Sky Meadows State Park, which has wonderful habitat for Barn Owls, and released her so she could start her own life. She ate approximately 700 mice while she was staying with us... that's why we need your help to keep buying the food to support the raptors in our care!

Please buy an awesome 2014 RCV t-shirt featuring a Great Horned Owl! Your shirt will be delivered around December 15, just before the holidays, so they would be a great gift for the raptor lover in your life AND help to support RCV!

ALL of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to buying food for our raptors, so every penny we get will help a hawk, owl, falcon, eagle or osprey in need!

Great Horned Owls sure are cute when they're little... appearances can be deceiving! :)