High Desert Museum The High Desert Museum's Raptors of the Desert Sky program features owls, hawks and other birds of prey swooping right above the crowd BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The High Desert Museum’s signature outdoor avian flight program, Raptors of the Desert Sky, will begin on Saturday, with shows daily at 11:30 a.m. Hawks, owls, falcons and turkey vultures soar from perch to perch directly over the crowd seated in a natural amphitheater nestled in the museum’s pine forest. A museum expert narrates the action, sharing the hunting strategies and natural behaviors of these spectacular birds of prey.