The Southeastern Raptor Center hosts educational, birds-in-flight raptor programs on Fridays before Auburn's home 2010 football games. Hawks, falcons, and eagles will be free-flown from flight towers allowing guests to see these raptors flying close.

"Football, Fans, & Feathers" begins at 4 p.m. on Sept. 3, 17, 24; Oct. 1, 15, 22; and Nov. 5 and 12. Programs take place in the in the 350-seat Edgar B. Carter Educational Amphitheater on Raptor Road off Shug Jordan Parkway.

Visitors learn about the residents of the Southeastern Raptor Center during these entertaining programs, which are open to the public. Admission is $5 each and registration is not required. Admission is $3 a person for school groups of 25 or more, and those groups should call ahead to (334) 844-6943. Children under three are admitted free.

Roadside signs mark the program's location on the day of each show. Raptor Road is a dirt road with red gate off Shug Jordan Parkway just north of the Wire Road intersection.

All birds used in the programs are permanent residents that are non-releasable due to prior injuries or human imprinting. The Southeastern Raptor Center is a part of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The center's mission is to rehabilitate injured or orphaned raptors, and to educate the public. 

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