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A young owl has joined the Minnesota Raptor Center as its newest ambassador, but she can’t fill out her paperwork for the new job because she needs a name (and she’s an owl).

You can help name her by voting in the poll, either through 

 was bred in captivity, so she’s unable to live in the wild. She joined the center in August 2025, when she was 6 weeks old.

Now she’ll have a new job to help educate and connect with the public as an ambassador of the center. 

Polls are open until 11:59 p.m. Friday. Voters can choose between five names: 

Name the newest owl ambassador!

Northern hawk owls have hawk-like physical traits and behavior that is not common for most owls. 

They’re also more active during the day and hunt small mammals and birds using their keen eyesight. They’re known to be able to track small mammals below 30 inches of snow with their sense of hearing.

They tend to live in boreal forests and near-polar regions and are not commonly found in Minnesota.

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A young owl has joined the Minnesota Raptor Center as its newest ambassador, and the center is asking the public to vote on her name. 

Minnesota Raptor Center's new owl needs a name. You can help pick it

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