Learn about ‘the raptor advantage’ with this brief overview of what a ‘raptor’ really is; focusing on the main anatomical and physiological adaptations that are featured in these birds which are products of millions of years of evolution honing virtually every body part to a lifestyle that depends on being able to capture prey that would rather not be devoured.

About the Speaker:  Dr. C. Craig Farquhar is conservation biologist, raptor ecologist, and illustrator, formerly with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), Austin, TX (retired 2018), currently teaching Raptor Ecology and Ecology of Rarity at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.  He received a PhD in Raptor Ecology and Wildlife Biology at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, later a Frank M. Chapman postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, New York studying raptors in South America.  He, along with co-author, Dr. Clint Boal published Raptors of Texas, in 2022.