Cruising through Harrier Heights Our North Cascades Audubon winter raptor surveys have yielded less birds this season than in past years. I am sure that one reason for this is Continue Reading →

Yesterday was seven and a half hours of creep, stop, scope, puzzle (what am I seeing in this flat light?), count, and record.  The weather was dark and cloudy as Continue Reading →

You Never Know What You’ll See As we all learned in high school science, there are certain basic laws of physics, like the law of gravity, for example. I have Continue Reading →

A Five Eagle Day Last week, we had a “One Hit Wonder.“ We drove the entire Waterville North route and saw ONE Red-tailed Hawk. That was it! Today, we started Continue Reading →

The Bus Has Not Yet Arrived! This past week, Amanda and I drove our first Winter Raptor Survey for the East Cascades Audubon Society.  We actually made a trip earlier Continue Reading →

 I think my car could drive itself to Jameson Lake. My vehicle (whichever one I owned at the time) has taken us there so many times over the past two Continue Reading →

The End of the Season I was reminded of that billboard that was put up in Seattle in April, 1971. It said, “Will the last person leaving Seattle – – Continue Reading →

They Finally Showed Up! “Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Stop! Stop!” Don was yelling from the backseat. “There’s a Snowy right behind us! In that rock pile, right there!” I slammed on Continue Reading →