Raptor Ramblings – Dry Falls Junction – February 2024
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 →
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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 →
Caught Between the Fog and the Mud There’s an old saying that states “The third time’s the charm.” But we’re not so sure. The first time this month we attempted Continue Reading →
A Case of Mistaken Identity We decided that January was the month we would find our Gyrfalcon. In the past five years we have spotted a GYRF five times, three Continue Reading →
The North Central Washington Audubon Society’s Hummingbird Survey was created to gather data to show the presence and timing of hummingbirds in North Central Washington. The organizers had questions about Continue Reading →
The Douglas County Raptor Convention The first thing we do in the morning, when embarking on a new survey, is to check the weather on the WSDOT traffic cameras up Continue Reading →
From Bruce McCammon and the entire North Central Washington Audubon Society board – The North Central Washington Audubon Society board members agree that preparing and distributing each issue of the Continue Reading →
Migration Settles In We tried to drive the Mansfield survey route earlier in the week. However, we got as far as Withrow and had to turn around, skunked out by Continue Reading →
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 →