Tag: raptor conservation
Three Nests in Two Days
The helicopter lifted off, disappearing into the thick, oppressive fog just as quickly as it had arrived. My colleague and I were thus left alone on the tundra, 85 miles from Nome and 25 miles beyond the nearest dirt road ...
May Raptor – Gyrfalcon
If you keep up on the Wild Lens blog, this months raptor photograph will come as no surprise: the Gyrfalcon. For the better part of four weeks I have been studying the worlds largest falcon for The Peregrine Fund and ...
Gyrfalcons, Ptarmigan and Climate Change
One of the key goals of The Peregine Fund’s Gyrfalcon Conservation Project is to study the effects of climate change on the arctic and subarctic ecosystems by using the Gyrfalcon and their prey, namely Ptarmigan, as a microcosm of the ...
Studying Gyrfalcons in Alaska
This summer I have the privilege of working with the largest species of falcon in the world: the Gyrfalcon. Latin name, Falco rusticolus. Gyrfalcons are a circumpolar raptor, breeding in the northern reaches of our planet and rarely venturing south ...
March Raptor – Ferruginous Hawk
While I was hoping to highlight a different raptor species every month for this 'raptor photograph of the month' 2014 project, this Ferruginous Hawk was just too cool to pass up (and quite honestly I didn't have anything better to ...
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 ...
January Raptor – Ferruginous Hawk
Well I couldn't stay away for too long. I gave up on the idea of continuing the 2013 52-week project into 2014 as it would have been too big of a commitment, but I wanted to do something in 2014 ...
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 ...
Week 42 – Northern Goshawk
Another photo this week from the Goshutes in Nevada. If you look closely at this bird's right leg you'll notice a silver aluminum band. These bands have a unique number on them that will identify this individual bird if he ...
