Center for Wildlife Education and the Lamar Q Ball, Jr. Raptor Center

Watch the eagles take flight, touch our lime-green friend, Monty the Python, or explore the different habitats of raptors, reptiles and mammals at the Center for Wildlife Education and the Lamar Q Ball Jr. Raptor Center. With more than five acres featuring diverse habitats and species, an amphitheater, and an indoor classroom, get ready to take a walk on the wild side! The Center features: Brand New 12-acre Wetland Preserve that includes a small pond and capture basin that houses a beaver lodge, a cypress pond that will be home to a variety of wading birds like herons and egrets, and a waterfowl pond. Numerous resident species of birds of prey including eagles, hawks, owls, falcons, kestrels, vultures and more! Exhibits of reptiles and amphibians such as alligators, turtles, tortoises, rattlesnakes, corn snakes, king snakes, boa constrictors, pythons and many more. On Saturdays don't miss our flighted raptor demonstrations (weather permitting) or you can just stroll along our Self-guided nature walks, and visit the Children’s Discovery Trail. We also feature a newly remodeled Lecture Hall, Classroom, an Ecology Pavilion, and a 120-seat amphitheater. The Wildlife Center is conveniently located on Georgia Southern University’s campus and directly off Hwy. 301. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children (3-11), active military & senior citizens. For more information, please call 912-478-0831 or go to http://welcome.georgiasouthern.edu/wildlife/index.htm