Episode Summary: Today on the show we are talking with raptor expert Jerry Liguori.  Jerry works as a educator with HawkWatch International, a non-profit group dedicated to raptor research and conservation across western North America.  Jerry has worked at many ...

Episode Summary: Our guest on today's show is the Senior Scientist for HawkWatch International, a Utah-based non-profit that has been studying raptor migration for almost three decades. Recently, Dave has been focusing much of his time on one of the ...

Episode Summary: Today on the show we're talking with the Director of the American Kestrel Partnership, Chris McClure. This collaborative project was initiated by the Peregrine Fund in 2012, and has been working to bring together both researchers and citizen ...

As a part of our vulture-themed month of March on the Eyes on Conservation podcast, we are updating and re-releasing our series of four short videos documenting the research of African vulture expert Corinne Kendall and the crisis facing vulture ...

Episode Summary: We are continuing this month's theme of vulture conservation around the world with an interview with Yula Kapetanakos. Yula's doctoral research involved the use of a unique method for studying vulture populations in Southeast Asia. Vulture populations in this ...

Ground squirrels are truly amazing creatures, and the Piute Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus mollis) is no exception. Hibernating 7 months of the year, these critters are found in particular abundance in southwestern Idaho within the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National ...

It was brought to my attention that we often focus so much on top predators that we forget about the little guys. The various prey species raptors and other birds depend on are important in their own right. Prey densities ...

In many ways Merlins (Falco columbarius) are like miniature versions of Peregrine Falcons: aggressive aerial predators often taking prey larger than themselves. Merlins are just slightly larger than the smallest North American falcon, the American Kestrel. Based on migration and wintering ...

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 ...