Lower Klamath Bus tour of refuge offered - Herald & News: Nation/World News

May 9th 2015 International Migratory Bird Day won’t be celebrated until Saturday, May 9,
but a special tour to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge will be offered a week earlier.

Bus tour of refuge offered - Herald and News: Nation/World News#.VT5ZwIUrDF8.gmail

photo credits, T. Reynolds, J. House and L. Broderick. 

Hawkwatch International - Bald Eagle Variant

Hawkwatch International - Bald Eagle Variant

Hawkwatch International - Midwinter Raptor Survey Update

Hawkwatch International - Midwinter Raptor Survey Update

Peregrine Falcon + Eastern Kingbird

Peregrine Falcon + Eastern Kingbird, originally uploaded by Campephilus1.

Kingbird lookin good.....

WCHW 2013 memo, core values, current agenda

2013. West County Hawk Watch.

Based out of Marin and Sonoma Counties.
 

The group educates the public about current threats that North American Birds of Prey face. We provide Raptor Identification programs. WCHW also works on projects such as the encroachment of wind turbines in prime bird, bat and eagle flyways and territories. Nest site protection. Migration studies and documentation. Children’s Educational book program. We also provide raptor hikes and workshops. Come on out...

*also on the agenda for 2013, bald eagle studies, rough-legged studies, ferruginous studies, WCHW team member education, mentorship and sponsorship programs...

Golden Eagle retaliates on Redtailed Hawk

Golden Eagle retaliates on Redtailed Hawk, originally uploaded by djbartling.

D. Bartling photo

Solano County Merlin. Mary Beth. Thank-you for a great year!

Solano County Merlin.
Mary Beth.
Thank-you for a great year!

while driving home from a big day of seeing 6 FEHAs and 5 RLHAs we stumbled across this Merlin, before we got up close bird looked "Coop-ish" but as we got closer the tail wasn't long enough and the eye stripe was evident.

great day Mary Beth, Solano Land Trust Raptor ID Team Coordinator.

Butte Valley Prong Horn. Dorris Ca. Lower Klamath Basin

The Matranga's 2012. Very nice. Miss you Barb and Bob.

the Pronghorn sometimes show up in Butte Valley while you'll be checking out Eagles and Hawks, suddenly these guys appear and it adds to the show. We have also seen them up along highway 161 and even down along the frontage roads of the SacWR system.

West County Hawk Watch with L.Broderick

Dilute Plumage Bald Eagle Lower Klamath Basin

 Dave and Josh got to see this beauty last Tuesday 2/26/2013.

MBC photo, copyright WCHW 2012.

Lower Klamath Basin Raptors 2013

Greetings Raptor fans,
We had a couple teams in over the last few days at the Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge. (post 2013 Winter Wings festival)

This trip was dubbed the "not fresh enough team" in honor of those who decided that.

(internal WCHW memo 2012 WiWi updates)

We wanted to Thank Charlotte Kisling, Jesse & Claire House, David Barry, Sameth Prom and Josh Asel for a great trip and some memorable sightings and stories.....

               Broderick-House photo copyright 2013


Spent 8 hours at: Ashland I-5, Medford Hwy 140, Kamath Falls Hwy 97 and the Lower Klamath Refuge, hit the famous area where the Dilute had been seen, then Tule Lk, to Visitor center, to Lower Klamath road and the FEHA/GOEA hot spots, then to the Lower K. Ref., then out through Straights Drain parcels and out the Township rd and back up the 97, 140, I-5 to Ashland (2/25/2013)

 4 year old Bald Eagle. Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge 2013.

Broderick-House photo copyright 2013

2/25/2013 Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge Complex system.

this list is subject to change over the next couple days as data is confirmed...
325+ Balds
14 FEHA  (w 1 dark)
57 RLHA (w 8 dark)
2 SSHA
7 GOEA
63 NOHA (w 13 male) few juv's as cinnamon/pumpkin has/is fading/changing.
121 RTHA  (w 8 dark, 6 inter/rufus & 13 juv)
7 AMKE
1 RSHA
3 PRFA
1 GHOW

Wish you were here....

    PRFA 2-25-2013 north of Malin Oregon. Broderick-House photo copyright 2013


We have more coming, Dave Barry is our ebird coordinator and data/records management guy and he is on his way home today (2/27/2013)

LB.