Cassimer Bar Trip Report – Nov. 26, 2022
The following report and photos are provided by Eric Heisey (trip leader) On Saturday November 26th, I had the pleasure of leading a group of 12 NCWAS birders on a Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – Mansfield – November 2022
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 →
Presentation on Bird Bones and Skeletons
On Friday, November 4, David Lukas will talk about bird bones and skeletons at the Winthrop Library starting at 4 p.m. This fascinating one-hour program will explore the marvelous ways Continue Reading →
Chelan HawkWatch – 09.25.22
This video shows HawkWatch International’s lead raptor bander, Amanda Hancock, releasing a first year Sharp-shinned hawk up at Chelan Ridge. Captured birds are measured, banded and released. This was during Continue Reading →
eBird Insights – Investigating the Birds of North Central Washington (Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, and Okanogan counties)
eBird (www.ebird.org), a global bird sighting database holds over 1 BILLION bird sightings around the globe. The NCWAS four-county area has contributed over 1.3 million bird sightings to the global Continue Reading →
Methow Valley School Nestboxes: Season 2
In mid April of 2021, middle school shop students built and put up twenty two nest boxes around the Methow Valley school grounds. That first nesting season, the nest boxes Continue Reading →
Fun Features from Bird Fest 2022 by Susan Sampson
The Keynote Address This year’s keynote speaker for Bird Fest was Derek Sheffield, who is a poet, naturalist, and English professor at Wenatchee Valley College. He spoke about humans’ most Continue Reading →
Comment on protecting America’s Western Arctic
Mary Gallagher provided the following material. Worried about the decline in bird populations? Climate Concerns? Act Now! YOUR Voice Matters! On July 8, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released Continue Reading →
Animating eBird data
eBird use is increasing in North Central Washington. That’s a good thing. There’s a certain satisfaction in watching your checklist count grow over time or knowing that your observations are Continue Reading →
2022 Collaborative eBird Species List
The use of eBird to document bird species seen in the NCWAS four-county area (Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan) continues to grow. The list below contains the 206 species seen and Continue Reading →