North Central Washington Audubon Society
furthering the knowledge and the conservation of the environment of North Central Washington
A Trip Down the Tumbleweed Turnpike Today was Thanksgiving 2023. We decided to forgo the turkey and headed out to do our last winter raptor survey for November. However, instead Continue Reading →
Migration Madness This month’s raptor survey started with a bang. And it just kept going! Fall migration is in full swing and all the players were out. In addition to Continue Reading →
Don’t write off the survey until you’ve driven the entire thing! You know that old saying, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched?“ Well, that kind of applies to today’s Continue Reading →
One Last Dance The last dance of the 22/23 Winter Raptor Survey Season took place this past Friday. Not everyone attended, but there were a few who got out. Thankfully, Continue Reading →
Well, that was unexpected. Ever since that very sharp, cold snap we had at the beginning of December we have not seen very many raptors on our surveys. The last Continue Reading →
You never know what you’ll find This season, the Raptor Ramblings will be more of a an exception, rather than the rule. I won’t be able to submit a blog Continue Reading →
Here’s something we did not experience this survey season… fog. When we started driving the Winter Raptor surveys in 2019, we ran two surveys each month, March through November, for Continue Reading →
Winter has definitely left the building. Spring is assuredly on the way and the snow is gone. The Red-winged Blackbirds and Meadow Larks have arrived. However, Penny Lake is still Continue Reading →
“What are you troublemakers up to?” We were sitting on the road beneath the Hawk Rock (see Dry Falls Junction blog from January 2022) discussing field marks on a certain Continue Reading →
We really wanted to find a Snowy Owl today, and were beginning to wonder if we would have any luck. Then, on Heritage Road, at what seemed like a million Continue Reading →