Category: Intermountain Bird Observatory
EOC 037: Phantom Road Part Two – The Invisible Source of Habitat Degradation
Episode Summary: On today's show we're bringing noise pollution researchers Jesse Barber and Heidi Ware back into the studio to talk about their newly published scientific paper. This is the second paper to come out of their research on the ...
EOC 032: Revisiting the Phantom Road – Birds and Road Noise with Jesse Barber and Heidi Ware
Episode Summary: We're revisiting the Phantom Road this month on the show, and I'm very excited to have Dr. Jesse Barber and Heidi Ware joining me for this discussion about a very important issue. Jesse and Heidi published their paper ...
EOC 008: Bird Migration Research with Greg Kaltenecker
Episode Summary: In this episode of the podcast we're talking with the Executive Director of the Intermountain Bird Observatory, Greg Kaltenecker. The Intermountain Bird Observatory was our very first partner organization with our Eyes on Conservation series, and we just ...
Boise Peak Raptor Trapping = awesome
From late August through the end of October I am trapping and banding hawks, falcons, and (hopefully) eagles as they migrate southward for the winter. Situated at the southern edge of the Boise Ridge at 6525 feet elevation, perched within ...
Gathering Aerial Footage for IBO
In February, we released four Webisodes detailing the research and education being conducted by Idaho Bird Observatory’s fall banding station at Lucky Peak. During the fall of 2012, we are continuing this partnership by gathering more video to produce a ...
Idaho Bird Observatory: Part 6
As the trapping season at Lucky Peak winds down for the year we can reflect on some of the trends we have seen. One thing that stands out is that 2011 has been a huge year for owls. IBO has ...
2011 Raptor Research Foundation Conference
This past week found myself in Duluth, Minnesota along the shores of Lake Superior to attend the 2011 Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) Conference. Duluth is home to Hawk Ridge, one of the longest running and busiest hawkwatch sites in the ...
Idaho Bird Observatory: Part 5
Before heading up to Lucky Peak for my weekend fixin' of field work, I managed to convince fellow graduate student Rob Miller to let me accompany him on a day of trapping at Boise Peak. Boise Peak is another trapping ...
Idaho Bird Observatory: Part 4
The weekend of September 23, 2011 was the busiest of the year at Lucky Peak. It was so busy in fact that the number of visitors (75+) on Saturday actually outnumbered the songbird and raptor trap total (~55) for the ...
