Trione - Annadel update fro those who attended the program last Thrusday

So we had a little technical difficulty last week with our Presentation for Trione-Annadel State Park Group and we could not get the PowerPoint going, as mentioned during the make shift presentation, here are the silhouettes we talked about, feel free to download, print or share. Learning Raptor Identification is tricky, learning each Species is part of a Genus, those Genus are represented in these Silhouettes.

Genus is a generic term used in the classification of living organisms or binomial nomenclature. For instance, In the contexts of botany, genus is a taxonomic group that classifies more than one species of plants that are closely related in characteristics.

So for Birds of Prey; Family, Genus, Species would be for instance;

Family = Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles), 
Genus = Eagles (Aquila), 
Species = Golden Eagle (Chrysaetos)

Below are silhouettes of Genus's of North American Birds of Prey.

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Raptor Tours, Programs and other events:

 

Jan 7th, 10am - 2pm, Lynch Canyon Open Space, Over-wintering Raptor distribution hike. (Solano Land Trust)

 

Jan 20th, 11am - 3pm, Rush Ranch Open Space, Raptor identification hike and PowerPoint Birds of prey slide show. (Solano Land Trust)

 

Jan 20^th, 3pm - 4:30pm Laguna Foundation Waterfowl presentation, with WCHW partner and Wild by Nature guide Dave Barry. (Please visit Laguna Foundation webpage for details)

 

Jan 21^st, 7:30am – 11am Laguna Foundation Waterfowl tour, with WCHW partner and Wild by Nature guide Dave Barry (Please visit Laguna Foundation webpage for details)

 

Jan 25th, 7pm - 9pm, (Thursday night) Raptor Identification, Natural History and Local status updates PowerPoint slide show. (at Sonoma Land Trust HQ.)

 

Jan 28th, 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island Birds of prey Over-wintering distribution, Tour and Walk. (Sonoma Land Trust)

 

Feb 10th, 9am 1^ST Hike and 11:30am 2^nd Hike, Flyway Festival Sears Point wetlands Raptor Tours, (1st) 9am to 11am & (2nd) 11:30am to 1:30pm, part of the greater Bay Area Flyway Festival, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (Sonoma Land Trust)

 

Feb 10th, 10am -2pm, LandPaths Over-wintering Birds at JHP, with WCHW partner and Wild by Nature guide Dave Barry (Please visit LandPaths webpage for details)

 

Feb 11^th 10am to 2pm Flyway Festival Hike at Lynch Canyon Open Space, Over-wintering Raptor distribution hike. (Solano Land Trust)

 

February 19th Monday, 7pm, (2018) Mendocino at the Casper Community Center. Audubon Programs. PowerPoint Presentation Raptor Identification and local updates, more information coming  

 

February 20th Tuesday, 7pm, (2018) Inland Mendocino County group, Peregrine Audubon (peregrineaudubon.org) PowerPoint  Presentation Raptor Identification and local updates, Ukiah Civic Center programs at 6:30 p.m., start our business meeting at 7 p.m. and introduce the speaker before 7:30, done by 8:30 p.m. Peregrine Audubon Society, 707 972 6988

 

March 10th, 2pm – 5pm, Waterfowl presentation & walk at the Baylands, with WCHW partner and Wild by Nature guide Dave Barry (Sonoma Land Trust)

March 4^th, 9am to 1pm, Skaggs Island Birds of prey Over-wintering distribution, Tour and Walk. (Sonoma Land Trust)

March 15th Thursday, 7PM (2018) Redbud Audubon Lower Lake. PowerPoint Presentation Raptor Identification and local updates, more information coming

 

March 18^th Skaggs, 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island Birds of prey Over-wintering distribution, Tour and Walk. (Sonoma Land Trust)

 

March 24^th, 10am to 2pm, LandPaths Wild Pig Tracking/Ecology, with WCHW partner and Wild by Nature guide Dave Barry (Please visit LandPaths webpage for details)

 

Feb 10th, 9am 1ST Hike and 11:30am 2nd Hike, Flyway Festival Sears Point wetlands Raptor Tours, (1st) 9am to 11am & (2nd) 11:30am to 1:30pm, part of the greater Bay Area Flyway Festival, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (Sonoma Land Trust) Parking free Reclamation Road.

 

Feb 11th 10am to 2pm Flyway Festival Hike at Lynch Canyon Open Space, Over-wintering Raptor distribution hike. (Solano Land Trust) Parking $6 Lynch Canyon parking lot, off of Lynch road

Hawkwatch International - Where Do Canadian Ferruginous Hawks Winter?

Hawkwatch International - Where Do Canadian Ferruginous Hawks Winter?

: Blog by Jesse Watson In early October we blogged about the Ferruginous Hawk project one of our biologists has been involved with in southern Cana...

New December, January, Febuary and March dates....

2016 Fall - Winter

December 3rd, (Saturday) 9 am to 1 pm at the King-Swett Ranches
Where the Wild Things Are Hike with Jim Walsh:  Wander the hills between Fairfield, Benicia and Vallejo.  Get a great workout and learn about the birds and other wildlife that call this area home.  Take advantage of this special opportunity if you can because the King-Swett Ranches are otherwise closed.  Up to six miles.  Free!  Space is limited.  Pre-registration recommended.

December 3rd, (Saturday) 9:30 to 11am, Sonoma Land Trust, Baylands / Dickson units bird hike, (Reclamation Road off of highway 37) Park at Reclamation road parking lot, no registration necessary.

December 18th, (Sunday) 10am to 2pm, Solano Land Trust, Over-wintering distribution Raptor Hike at Lynch Canyon Open Space. Solano Land Trust website: www.solanolandtrust.org under events calendar. Pre-registration recommended.

January 16th, (Monday) 7pm to 9pm, Madrone Audubon, PowerPoint Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History. West County HawkWatch presents "Local Hawks in the region, Migration, Resident and Over-wintering identification and Natural history" a beginning and novice talk and PowerPoint presentation. Details on how to identify what you see when you are looking at hawks. Some history on the past, present and future of our Birds of Prey. Opportunities to go out and see these birds on upcoming scheduled hikes, walks and counts. Plus some handouts of Hawk Identification process paperwork.

January 21st, (Saturday) 1pm to 5pm, Solano Land Trust, PowerPoint and Hike, Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History, at Rush Ranch - starting at 1pm. West County HawkWatch presents "Local Hawks in the region, Migration, Resident and Over-wintering identification and Natural history" a beginning and novice talk and PowerPoint presentation. Details on how to identify what you see when you are looking at hawks. Some history on the past, present and future of our Birds of Prey. Opportunities to go out and see these birds on upcoming scheduled hikes, walks and counts. Plus some handouts of Hawk Identification process paperwork. Solano Land Trust website: www.solanolandtrust.org under events calendar. Pre-registration recommended.

January 26th (Thursday night) 7pm to 9pm, Sonoma Land Trust, Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History PowerPoint Presentation at SLT main building. Sonoma Land Trust Website: www.sonomalandtrust.org under the "out on the lands" calendar.

January 29th (Sunday) 10am to 2pm, Tolay Creek Over-wintering Birds of Prey hike, 10am to 1:30pm Sonoma Land Trust Website: www.sonomalandtrust.org under the "out on the lands" calendar.

February (10th, 11th 12th) is Bay Area Flyway Festival and on:

February 11th Sears Point Property (Dickson Trial / Baylands) tour with Sonoma Land Trust 10am to 11:45am.

February 11th Sears Point Property (Dickson Trial / Baylands) tour with Sonoma Land Trust Noon to 1:45pm.

February 12th Solano Land Trust tour at Lynch Canyon Open Space 10am to 2pm

February 16th - 19th (Thursday -Sunday) Winter Wings Festival @ Lower Klamath Basin Region. West County HawkWatch is not planning on going but we have some folks in the Region to help you if you are there

February 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th (Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon) West County Hawkwatch to the Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge complex, including but not limited to the Butte Valley, Lower Klamath and Tule Lake. WCHW member, guest and VIP tour 2017. Exclusive and Extensive tours with our own group.

March 5th (Sunday) 10am to 2pm Skaggs Island Birds of Prey tour with Sonoma Land Trust 10am to 2pm Sonoma Land Trust Website: www.sonomalandtrust.org under the "out on the lands" calendar.

March 9th 7:00 to 8:30pm, Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History PowerPoint Presentation at the Laguna Foundation Center

March 11th, 10am to 2pm, Laguna Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History walk on the Laguna Trail.  

March 18th, 1pm-5pm, Saturday Solano Land Trust, PowerPoint and Hike, Birds of Prey Identification and Natural History, at Rush Ranch - starting at 1pm. West County HawkWatch presents "Local Hawks in the region, Migration, Resident and Over-wintering identification and Natural history" a beginning and novice talk and PowerPoint presentation. Details on how to identify what you see when you are looking at hawks. Some history on the past, present and future of our Birds of Prey. Opportunities to go out and see these birds on upcoming scheduled hikes, walks and counts. Plus some handouts of Hawk Identification process paperwork. Solano Land Trust website: www.solanolandtrust.org under events calendar. Pre-registration recommended.

2016 dates Outings, Programs and Hikes (West County Hawkwatch tours and workshops)

February 10th, 2016 (Wednesday) Redwood Regional Ornithological Society, Local Raptor updates and ID Workshop, 7pm to 8:30pm, First United Methodist Church, Santa Rosa.

February 13th, 2016 (Saturday) Sonoma Land Trust, Tolay Creek Over-Wintering Birds of Prey Walk/hike, 10am to 1pm

Feb 19th, 20th, 21st Lower Klamath Basin ( 19th Butte, 20th Big Day Lower K, 21st last day, open agenda)

February 27th, 2016 (Saturday) Sonoma Land Trust, Skaggs Island Hawk Identification and Natural History Walk, 10am to 1pm

February 28th, 2016 (Sunday) Solano Land Trust, Over-Wintering Birds of Prey Lynch Canyon 10pm to 2pm Hike

March 6th, 2016 (Sunday) Solano Land Trust, Lynch Canyon Season Close Raptor hike, 10pm to 2pm Hike

March 12th, 2016 (Saturday) Sonoma Land Trust, Sears Point uplands Birds of Prey Hike/walk 10am to 1pm

March 19th, 2016 (Saturday) Solano Land Trust, Rush Ranch Open Space 2015-2016 Birds of Prey Season Close PowerPoint and hike, 1pm to 5pm

Russian River Estuary at Jenner (Biological Opinion) UPDATE

Russian River Estuary at Jenner Biological Opinion UPDATE

some hawks seen in the region 1996 - 2006

Jenner Bald Eagle 1-28-15

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon, originally uploaded by djbartling.

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon by djbartling
Don Bartling copyright 2013

Wind Energy is dirty.....

http://news.yahoo.com/study-wind-farms-killed-67-eagles-5-years-160226373.html

Wetllands restoration reshapes San Francisco Bay

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_23977411/massive-new-wetlands-restoration-reshapes-san-francisco-bay

.Lynch Canyon. Solano Land Trust. looking back 2011 _

1-11-2012 down loads.... from 2011 5236, originally uploaded by norcal_birdman.

WCHW is a North Bay Area group bringing attention to threats that North American Birds of Prey face. We provide Identification and Education programs, Hikes, Tours and Workshops. WCHW monitors encroachment of wind turbines into Sonoma and Marin. We do Nest site protection. Raptor Migration counts, studies and documentation. Children’s Educational Program providing field study and books. Please Help Support our efforts.

Lynch Canyon 2011 season....

1-11-2012 down loads.... from 2011 5821, originally uploaded by norcal_birdman.

WCHW is a North Bay Area group bringing attention to threats that North American Birds of Prey face. We provide Identification and Education programs, Hikes, Tours and Workshops. WCHW monitors encroachment of wind turbines into Sonoma and Marin. We do Nest site protection. Raptor Migration counts, studies and documentation. Children’s Educational Program providing field study and books. Please Help Support our efforts.

Golden Eagle sub-adult.

Here, Don has a great shot of the Golden Eagle, this bird has a lot of feather ware and you can see sub-adult feathers coming in. The first year birds have larger wing areas for learning flight, and as the birds get older the feathers shorten up a bit for more controlled and aerodynamic flight.


Golden Eagle, originally uploaded by djbartling.

Don Bartling, GOEA. 2 year old.

Peregrine Falcon.

Peregrine Falcon, originally uploaded by djbartling.

Very nice Peregrine here....on the Marin coast.
D. Bartling.

Hawk Quiz WCHW spring series 2013

Looks Accipiter-ish....

long tailed at rear view

 

streaky at front view....

 

 

From one of my top mentors.....

 

Male COHA - slender streaks, tall neck, soft corners on the tail, you can see one of the outer tail tips on the frontal shot - that's the most useful ...

Adult Ferruginous Hawk

Adult Ferruginous Hawk, originally uploaded by djbartling.

crazy colors, great colors. D. Bartling 2013

Rough-legged Hawk Lynch Canyon 2013 Raptor hike

_MG_6667, originally uploaded by djbartling.

Don Bartling RLHA photo. Perfect.

Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge. Rough-legged Hawks 2013

 

We had a few real good looks at Rough-legged Hawks at the Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge this week. We saw a half dozen dark morphs.  It was a great trip. Thanks Dave and Josh for coming along.



Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

So anyways really don't shoot to much anymore, but friends always have cameras laying around and its always for to "pop off a couple snaps" as Zach would say. me and Jesse were passing the camera to each other on this day....

Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

Good clean Patagials, strong marked up carpal blocks, dark wing tips, light colored head, eye stripe, dusky sub-terminal, brown body, buff-streaked chest, there is a lot going on here, totally different from any RTHA wing configuration....

What a year for the Rough-legged Hawks. They always show up every winter in the Lower Klamath Basin. We also had a real good year down here in the North Bay Area.
 
Lots of sightings and over-wintering Rough-legged in Sonoma, Marin and Solano. At least that is from our records at WCHW.  Also the list serves have listed the Roughies through-out their traditional over-wintering range in good numbers

Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

Here's the Rough-legged's we were able to capture, damn auto focus kept focusing on the clouds when the epic shot was right in front of you!