Photos: Raptor Free Flight at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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Twice-daily demonstration features owls, hawks and falcons at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum west of Tucson.
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A grey hawk buzzes right over the heads of onlookers.
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A grey hawk takes off from its perch toward a trainer's tasty rodent morsel.
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A pair of Harris's hawks look for the next morsel of food.
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A Harris's hawk sets down atop a saguaro cactus during the Raptor Free Flight demonstration.
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A grey hawk snacks on a meaty treat during the Raptor Free Flight demonstration.
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Onlookers, including Kay Shrews visiting from California's Bay Area, points her camera phone skyward to admire the birds
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A duo of Harris's hawks contend for a perch atop a saguaro cactus.
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A Harris's hawk perches on a branch during the Raptor Free Flight demonstration.
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Before concluding its flight, a Harris's hawk soars overhead.
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Gerlinde Schumann, center, and her husband Bernd, left, visiting from Frankfurt, Germany, train their lenses on the birds.
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Amanda Timmerman, a collections specialist, shows a Harris's hawk to visitors.
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Harris's hawks group together on a limb.
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Onlookers observe a pair of Harris's hawks land on a metal sculpture.
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Dan Weisz, right, answers questions for Frankfurt, Germany-natives Bernd Schumann, left, and his wife Gerlinde.
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Visitors admire the Harris's hawks during the Raptor Free Flight demonstration.
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