Author: wildlens
A Trip to Washington with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation: part 1
When directing and producing our feature length documentary about California Condors (entitled Scavenger Hunt), securing interviews with representatives from groups like the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Federation was a difficult and frustrating process. What follows is ...
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 ...
Scavenger Hunt World Premiere at the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
I am happy to announce that our feature length documentary about California Condors, "Scavenger Hunt" will be premiering on the opening night of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) in Ithaca, NY on Thursday, March 29th. Choosing this festival ...
New Zealand: Part II
** The following is the second of a two part guest blog series written after Wild Lens board member Karen May returned from a 3-week trip to New Zealand ** Janine and I booked our flight to New Zealand in ...
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 ...
Birding in New Zealand
** The following is the first of a two part guest blog series written after Wild Lens board member Karen May returned from a 3-week trip to New Zealand. This first entry was written by Karen's longtime friend and birder ...
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 ...
Wild Lens Webisodes Update
The original idea for Wild Lens was a simple one – connecting biologists with filmmakers to increase the potential for outreach and education. Our most recent endeavor has taken this simple idea and made it a reality. Some of you ...
