snack 🦋 time for some vineyard 🍇 nesting American Kestrels in Napa Valley…

an Ash-throated Flycatcher hanging out on the front porch of their almond orchard 🌳 nest box…

Ash-throated Flycatcher with some home decor aka nest material…

Kestrel Weather Meter ®️

It’s fledgling Red-tailed Hawk season on Yolo County farms… #WildAg #redtailedhawk

🪶New Paper🧬 Last chapter from my dissertation out in Journal of Animal Ecology! We combined DNA metabarcoding and eBird data to investigate predator–prey interactions between a migrating raptor & co-occurring avian prey: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… #RaptorResearch #Accipiter #OpenAccess

Feeding en route: Prey availability and traits influence prey selection by an avian predator on migration | doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… | Journal of Animal Ecology | #ornithology

LOOKING BACK in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Population genetics and phylogeography of North American Merlins (Falco columbarius) in the post-DDT era | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Breanna Martinico et al. Ryan Bourbour | #ornithology

a young Cooper’s Hawk learning to hunt 🐀 in the urban canopy 🌳 of downtown Davis…

a Great Horned Owl at moon-rise tonight… hunting & hooting from an artificial raptor perch in an olive 🫒 orchard #WildAg #GreatHornedOwl

🦉 🌕 #WildAg #GreatHornedOwl

A recently published research highlight found that integrating eDNA metabarcoding and citizen science enhances avian ecological research 🐦 ... buff.ly/3YPsD8l

Cool new paper on rough-legged hawk diet using DNA metabarcoding methods 🧬 🧬🧬

The 2024 Belize Hawk Watch shirts are now available for a limited time! Funds go toward raptor research & conservation efforts in Belize. Our tribute bird this year: the Swallow-tailed Kite!!#BelizeBirdConservancy #RaptorResearch #BelizeHawkWatch LINK➡️bonfire.com/belize-hawk-wa…

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Molt season… #BarnOwl 🪶

new Insights paper on the phenomenon of predatory birds flocking to flood irrigated alfalfa 🌱 fields to feast on rodents:

Belize Hawk Watch 2025 team t-shirts featuring the enigmatic Hook-billed Kite available now for a limited time!! Funds go directly towards supporting the #BelizeHawkWatch program: bonfire.com/belize-hawk-wa…

NEW #SharpshinnedHawk paper out in Journal of Raptor Research - Rings and Pings: Band Encounters and Motus Elucidate the Overwintering Locations and Movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in Western North America #raptorResearch #Motus rapt.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/…