Tag: hawks
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 ...
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 ...
Winter Raptors: Part 3
From what I have been hearing around the country, Boise Idaho is not the only place receiving record low totals of snow fall this winter. Maybe it is just going to be one of those years.... Although I do keep ...
Winter Raptors: Part 2
A month into the winter raptor season and still no snow! What the heck, I thought this was supposed to be another La Nina year?! Last winter Boise Idaho had a huge snow storm right before Thanksgiving, which drove a ...
Winter Raptors: Part 1
Hello Wild Lens followers, sorry for the delay between blog posts but this past month has been a busy one for Wild Lens! "Scavenger Hunt" is mostly completed and we have already submitted the film to 10 festivals: waiting anxiously ...
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 ...
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 ...
