Category: Winter Raptors
EOC 001: Gyrfalcons on the Seward Peninsula and Wintering Raptors in the Snake River Valley of Idaho with Raptor Biologist Neil Paprocki
Episode Summary: In this, the very first episode of the Eyes on Conservation Podcast, we talk with Wild Lens co-founder and Raptor Biologist Neil Paprocki. Neil helped found Wild Lens back in 2011 and served as the producer/director of the ...
February Raptor – Rough-legged Hawk
Our raptor for February 2014 is the Rough-legged Hawk. This time of year always makes me a bit sad as I know the Roughies are making their way poleward, back to their arctic breeding grounds. While some birds will stay ...
Up Close and Personal with a Rough-legged Hawk
I wanted to follow up on my Week 50 photograph of a Rough-legged Hawk being released with some more details about the individual we trapped and banded. The scientific name for the Rough-legged Hawk is Buteo lagopus. Why are they ...
Wildfires: Revisiting the Birds of Prey Area
A few weeks ago I went to visit the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area where I conducted my Boise State University thesis research on wintering raptors. While there was unfortunately little chance of encountering a ...
A Field Guide to Aging and Sexing Rough-Legged Hawks
Am I becoming obsessed with Rough-Legged Hawks? Perhaps, but for good reasons I swear! There is relatively little known about the year-round ecology and life history traits of this high arctic breeder. This is all the more surprising when you ...
Winter Raptors: Part 4
It is with some sadness that I must admit the purely fun part of my thesis research at Boise State University's Raptor Biology program is now deceased. I ask: what could be more enjoyable than standing outside all day counting ...
Dark Northern Harrier Update
I wanted to quickly update everyone on the reaction we've been receiving from experts regarding the dark Northern Harrier Rob Miller, Liz Urban, and I saw last month in Idaho. Rob received an e-mail from Bill Clark, potentially the most ...
Winter Owls
As many of you already know, the 2011-2012 winter has been a great one for owls. Especially Snowy Owls. I was lucky enough to make it out to Nampa, Idaho on December 31st to see the pair of Snowy Owls ...
Do Dark Northern Harriers Exist?
Three times every winter I drive road transects looking for raptors with other biologists for my Master's Thesis work at Boise State University. Monday January 9, 2012 was one of these days. I was out with fellow raptor biology graduate ...
