A couple of weeks ago, I taught some adorable 4- and 5-year-olds about raptors. We talked about how big bald eagles are, and how all raptors catch their food with their feet, and how you …
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Dissecting Owl Pellets
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EagleWatch
This evening I visited one of the Audubon Society’s EagleWatch sites on the Hudson. Each week, at each site, volunteers record conditions (such as temperature, ice on the river, cloud cover, etc.) and count how …
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Eagles and Hawks on Camera
My new battery charger arrived, so I’ve been playing with the DSLR and still seeing lots of raptors. The bus stop hawk was very cooperative on my first day carrying it around. Luckily I was …
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Raptors, raptors everywhere!
Since I began helping out with the eagle program at Teatown, I have been seeing raptors everywhere I go. Frankly, going out to the Hudson River, where a pair of bald eagles is nesting, seems …